baptist

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæptɪst/
  • (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈbæbtɪst/, /ˈbæbdɪs(t)/, /ˈbæbdəs/[1]
  • (file)

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) [from 17th c.]
Usage notes
Derived terms
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

Noun

baptist

  1. Alternative form of bapteme

Noun

baptist

  1. 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)

  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

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