cristián

See also: cristian and Cristian

Galician

Alternative forms
  • cristiao

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɾisˈtjaŋ/

Adjective

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

  1. Christian

Noun

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

  1. a Christian
  2. (familiar) a human
    Os animais son coma os cristiáns ― Animals are just like persons

References
  • “christião” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “christi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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.
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