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Christ

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Ce dernier représente le visage du Christ .

The latter represents the face of Christ.

Cette toile monumentale représente l'événement que serait l'arrivée du Christ dans la Bruxelles contemporaine .

This monumental canvas represents the event that would be the arrival of Christ in contemporary Brussels.

Christ

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/kʁist/

Inherited from Middle French

Borrowed from Latin

In summary

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).