Christopher
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin Christophorus, from Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, “carrier of Christ”), from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “carrier, bearer”), from φέρειν (phérein, “to carry, to bear”) + -ος (-os, “-er: forming agent nouns”), from the legend of Saint Christopher carrying the infant Jesus across a river.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: krĭsʹtəfər, IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fɚ/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: Chris‧to‧pher[1]
Proper noun
editChristopher
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act INDUCTION, scene ii]:
- Am not I Christopher Sly, old Sly's son, of Burtonheath; by birth a pedlar, by education a card-maker, by transmutation a bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker?
- 1934, Dorothy Sayers, The Nine Tailors:
- - - - a baby, which also happened to fall due, was baptized "Paul" ( for the church ) "Christopher" ( because St. Christopher had to do with rivers and ferries ), the Rector strenuously resisting the parents' desire to call it "Van Weyden Flood".
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
edit- Chip, Kester, Kit, Kristopher
Translations
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References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Christopher”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English Christopher, from Ancient Greek Χριστόφορος (Khristóphoros, “Christ-bearing”).
Proper noun
editChristopher
- a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
Danish
editEtymology
editEnglish style spelling variant of the standard Danish Christoffer.
Proper noun
editChristopher
- a male given name
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Christopher, as a variant of the standard French Christophe.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editChristopher m
- a male given name
German
editEtymology
editFrom English Christopher, as a variant of the standard German Christoph.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editChristopher m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christophers)
- a male given name from English
Norwegian
editEtymology
editEnglish style spelling variant of the standard Norwegian Kristoffer.
Proper noun
editChristopher
- a male given name from English
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Christopher. Doublet of Cristóvão and Cristóforo.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editChristopher m
- a male given name from English
Swedish
editEtymology
editEnglish style spelling variant of the standard Swedish Kristoffer.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editChristopher c (genitive Christophers)
- a male given name from English
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Koine Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Ancient Greek
- English terms with quotations
- English surnames
- English surnames from patronymics
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano terms spelled with C
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano male given names
- Cebuano male given names from English
- Cebuano male given names from Ancient Greek
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French given names
- French male given names
- German terms derived from English
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- German male given names from English
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian terms spelled with C
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Norwegian male given names from English
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
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- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- Portuguese male given names from English
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
- Swedish male given names from English