christen (redirected from christens)

chris·ten  (krsn)

tr.v. chris·tened, chris·ten·ing, chris·tens

1.

a. To baptize into a Christian church.

b. To give a name to at baptism.

2.

a. To name: christened the kitten "Snowball."

b. To name and dedicate ceremonially: christen a ship.

3. To use for the first time: christened the new car by going for a drive.

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[Middle English cristnen, from Old English cristnian, from cristen, Christian; see Christian.]

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christen [ˈkrɪs^ən]

vb (tr)

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to give a Christian name to in baptism as a sign of incorporation into a Christian Church

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) another word for baptize

3. to give a name to (anything), esp with some ceremony

4. Informal to use for the first time

[Old English cristnian, from Crīst Christ]

christener  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

christen - administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" baptise, baptize call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

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christen

verb

1. baptize, name She was born in March and christened in June.

2. name, call, term, style, title, dub, designate a boat which he christened `the Stray Cat'

Translations

christen [ˈkrɪsn] VT

1. (Rel) → bautizar

2. (= name) → bautizar con el nombre de
they christened him Jack after his uncle → le pusieron Jack como su tío

3. (= use for first time) → estrenar

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christen [ˈkrɪs^ən] vt

(in religious ceremony) [+ baby] → baptiser

(= call) → surnommer

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christen

vt

(= baptize) → taufen; to christen somebody after somebody → jdn nach jdm (be)nennen

(inf: = use for first time) → einweihen

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christen [ˈkrɪsn] vt → battezzare

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christen [ˈkrɪsn] vt → battezzare

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christen

v christen [ˈkrisn]

1 to baptize into the Christian church The priest christened three babies today. christelike يعمِّد يُعَمِّد مَوْلودا покръствам (po)křtít døbe taufen βαφτίζω bautizar ristima غسل تعمید دادنو مسیحی کردن kastaa baptiser לְהַטבִּיל बपतिस्मा देना krstiti (meg)keresztel mempermandikan skíra, ausa vatni battezzare 洗礼を施す 세례를 주다 krikštyti kristīt membaptiskan dopen døpe chrzcić baptizar a boteza крестить krstiť krstiti krstiti döpa ทำพิธีล้างบาปและตั้งชื่อให้ vaftiz etmek 為...施洗 хрестити بپتسمہ دینا ، عیسائی مذہب میں داخل کرنا làm lễ rửa tội 为...施洗礼

2 to give (a name) to She was christened Joanna. gedoop يُطلق اسْما على кръщавам pokřtít døbe taufen βαφτίζω bautizar nimeks andma نام مسیحی دادن ristiä nommer לִקרוֹא בְּשֵם नाम देना, नामाकरण nazvati elnevez menamai skíra, nefna dare il nome, battezzare 命名する 세례명을 주다 duoti vardą dot vārdu menamakan dopen døpe, gi navn nadawać imię baptizar a numi нарекать pokrstiť krstiti za krstiti döpa (kristna) till ตั้งชื่อ vaftiz ederek ad vermek 命名為 давати ім'я при хрещенні عیسائی نام دینا đặt tên thánh （洗礼时）命名为