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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)
- A person who baptizes.
Derived terms
Translations
person who baptizes
- Catalan: baptista m or f
- Coptic: ⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ (baptistēs)
- Esperanto: baptisto, baptistino (female)
- Finnish: kastaja
- French: baptiseur (fr) m, baptiseuse f, baptiste (fr) m or f, baptisateur m, baptisatrice f,
- German: Täufer (de) m, Täuferin (de) f, Täuferinn f (obsolete)
- Greek:
- Ancient: βαπτιστής m (baptistḗs)
- Latin: baptista m, baptizātor m, baptizātrīx f
- Maori: kaiiriiri
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: døper m
- Nynorsk: døypar m
- Portuguese: batista (pt) m or f, baptista m or f (obsolete)
- Romanian: baptist (ro) m, baptistă (ro) f
- Russian: крести́тель (ru) m (krestítelʹ)
- Spanish: bautista (es) m or f
- Swedish: döpare (sv) c, döperska c (female)
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑpˈtɪst/
- Hyphenation: bap‧tist
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English Baptist.
Noun
baptist m (plural baptisten)
- (Christianity) Baptist (Protestant denomination practicing adult baptism, of English origin)
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Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch baptiste.
Noun
baptist m (uncountable)
- (obsolete, Christianity) baptiser; epithet of John the Baptist.
- Synonym: baptista
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
baptist
- Alternative form of bapteme
Etymology 2
Noun
baptist
- Alternative form of baptiste
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).
Noun
baptist m (definite singular baptisten, indefinite plural baptister, definite plural baptistene)
- 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)
- Baptist
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French baptiste.
Noun
baptist m (plural baptiști, feminine equivalent baptistă)
- Baptist
Declension