cristián

See also: cristian and Cristian

Galician

Alternative forms

• cristiao

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese christião, borrowed from Latin Christiānus; compare the archaic semi-learned Old Galician / Old Galician-Portuguese crischão, common during the low Middle Ages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾisˈtjaŋ/

Adjective

cristián (feminine cristiá, masculine plural cristiáns, feminine plural cristiás)

1. Christian

Noun

cristián m (plural cristiáns, feminine cristiá, feminine plural cristiás)

1. a Christian
2. (informal) a human

   Os animais son coma os cristiáns ― Animals are just like persons

References

• “christião” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “christi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cristián” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cristián” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cristián” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.