baptist

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See also: Baptist

English

Etymology

From Middle English baptist, baptiste, borrowed from Old French baptiste, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

Noun

baptist (plural baptists)

  1. A person who baptizes.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ Jones, M. Jean (1973 August) The Regional English of the Former Inhabitants of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, page 102.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑpˈtɪst/
  • Hyphenation: bap‧tist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Baptist.

Noun

baptist m (plural baptisten)

  1. (Christianity) Baptist (Protestant denomination practicing adult baptism, of English origin)
Usage notes
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Descendants
  • Caribbean Javanese: baptis, baptisan

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch baptiste.

Noun

baptist m (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, Christianity) baptiser; epithet of John the Baptist.
    Synonym: baptista

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

baptist

  1. Alternative form of bapteme

Etymology 2

Noun

baptist

  1. Alternative form of baptiste

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Noun

baptist m (definite singular baptisten, indefinite plural baptister, definite plural baptistene)

  1. Baptist

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Noun

baptist m (definite singular baptisten, indefinite plural baptistar, definite plural baptistane)

  1. Baptist

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French baptiste.

Noun

baptist m (plural baptiști, feminine equivalent baptistă)

  1. Baptist

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative baptist baptistul baptiști baptiștii
genitive-dative baptist baptistului baptiști baptiștilor
vocative baptistule baptiștilor