Masculin

Christus

(Anglais)

Christ (Jesus seen as the messiah)

Fréquence

B2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈkʁɪstʊs/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin Christus. Widely displaced the inherited form Christ (from Middle High German Krist) since the 16th century, as the latter had become homophonous with the word for “Christian” (Middle High German kriste(n)).

Related words

christ

Jésus de Nazareth

Jesus

Jesús

Jésus‐Christ

le Christ

Jésus Christ

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