cristián

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “christião”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “christi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cristián”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cristián”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cristián”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN