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Christ

Pronunciation: /kʁist/

“Christ” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

proper noun

  1. Christ

In French

  1. Nom spécialement donné à Jésus de Nazareth, considéré comme le Messie par les chrétiens.
  2. Représentation de Jésus de Nazareth.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Christ, borrowed from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek).

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