crisma

Meaning

Noun

1. chrism
2. (colloquial) noggin, block, nut (head)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of crismar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of crismar:

crismar

1. (transitive) to apply or rub chrism
2. (broadly, transitive) to confirm

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Concepts

chrism

Christmas card

Synonyms

cabeza

Nicaragua

🇳🇮

Uruguay

🇺🇾

testa

maceta Guatemala

marote Argentina

sabiola Uruguay

Translations

crisma

chrême

Salböl

Chrisam

άγιο μύρο

tête

mufle

testa

caput

hoofd

kop

cap

tèsta

Hyphenated as

cris‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɾisma/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “anointing”), from χρίω (khríō, “to anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēy- (“to smear”).