Christus

Borrowed from Late Latin Christus, from Koine Greek Χριστός (Khristós), calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ‎.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɪs.tʏs/
• (some orthodox Protestants and Orthodox Christians) IPA^(key): /ˈxrɪs.tʏs/

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• Hyphenation: Chris‧tus

Christus m

1. (Christianity) Christ, Messiah (Christian title for Jesus of Nazareth)

• christelijk
• christen
• christendom
• christenheid

• Afrikaans: Christus
• Negerhollands: Christus
• → Caribbean Javanese: Kristes, Kristus

From Latin Christus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁɪstʊs/

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Christus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christi or Christus or Christus')

1. Christ (the messiah who was named Jesus)

Latinate declension

• Christ

• “Christus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• Χus, Xpistus, X̄

From Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ‎ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) and Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ‎ (m'šīḥāʾ).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰriːs.tus/, [ˈkʰriːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkris.tus/, [ˈkrist̪us]

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Chrīstus m sg (genitive Chrīstī); second declension

1. (Christianity) Christ (Jesus)
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Marcus 1:1

     initium evangelii Jesu Christi Filii Dei

     "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God"

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• (Christ): Iēsūs

• → Breton: Krist
• → Catalan: Crist
• → Cornish: Krist
• → Czech: Kristus
• → Danish: Kristus
• → Dutch: Christus
• → Galician: Cristo
• → German: Christus
  • → Luxembourgish: Christus
• → Faroese: Kristus
• → Finnish: Kristus
• Italian: Cristo
• → Latvian: Kristus
• → Lithuanian: Kristus
• → Middle French: Christ
  • French: Christ
• → Norman: Christ
• → Old English: Crist, Krist
  • Middle English: Crist, Cryst, Criste, Cryste, Kryst, Christ
    • English: Christ
    • Scots: Christ
    • Yola: Cresst
• → Old Irish: Críst
  • Irish: Críost
  • Manx: Creest
  • Scottish Gaelic: Crìosd
• → Polish: Chrystus
• → Portuguese: Cristo
• → Slovene: Kristus
• → Spanish: Cristo
• → Swedish: Kristus
• → Welsh: Crist
• → Malayalam: ക്രിസ്തു (kristu)

• “Christus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Christus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Samuel Birch, Dictionary of the Hieroglyphics, pp. 415-416
• Jean-François Champollion, Grammaire Egyptienne, page 86

From German Christus, from Latin Christus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʀistus/

Christus

1. Christ (Jesus)