Antichrist

See also: antichrist

English

From Middle English Antecrist, from late Old English Antecrist, from Latin antichristus, from Ancient Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos). Analysable as anti- +‎ Christ.

The modern spelling of the word is due to an effort to reflect the Latin etymon.

Antichrist

(Christianity, Islam) The false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will lead the abomination in the end times.

In contemporary English, is often (but not always) preceded by the definite article: the Antichrist.

one under the direct control of the Devil

Albanian: Antikrishti m (definite)
Armenian: Նեռ (hy) (Neṙ)
Belarusian: Анты́хрыст m (Antýxryst)
Bulgarian: Антихри́ст m (Antihríst)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反基督 (zh) (fǎnjīdū), 敵基督／敌基督 (zh) (díjīdū)
Esperanto: Antikristo
Finnish: Antikristus
French: Antéchrist m, Antichrist (fr) m
Friulian: Anticrist m
Georgian: ანტიქრისტე (anṭikrisṭe)
German: Antichrist (de) m
Greek: Αντίχριστος m (Antíchristos)
Hebrew: אַנְטִיכְּרִיסְטוֹס‎ (he) m (antikrístos)
Irish: Ainchríost m
Italian: Anticristo m
Japanese: 反キリスト (はんきりすと, hankirisuto)
Kazakh: Антихрист (Antixrist)
Lithuanian: Antikristas
Macedonian: Антихрист m (Antihrist)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Antikrist m
Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: Antychryst (pl)
Portuguese: Anticristo (pt) m
Russian: Анти́христ (ru) m (Antíxrist)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Антихрист m, Антикрист m

Roman: Antihrist m, Antikrist m
Spanish: anticristo (es) m
Swedish: antikrist
Tagalog: Antikristo, antikristo
Turkish: Deccal (tr)
Ukrainian: Анти́христ m (Antýxryst)
Walloon: Antécri (wa)

Antichrist m

der Antichrist m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Antichristen or des Antichrists)

Declension of Antichrist [sg-only, masculine, strong]

Antichrist m (weak, genitive Antichristen, plural Antichristen)

Declension of Antichrist [masculine, weak]