"Christophorus" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [German]

IPA: /kʁɪsˈtɔ.fo.ʁʊs/, /-fə-/ Forms: Christophorus' [genitive], Christophori [genitive]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m,':Christophori}} Christophorus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christophorus' or Christophori)
  1. Saint Christopher Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Christophorus-de-name--smpowNB Categories (other): Late Latin, Medieval Latin Disambiguation of Late Latin: 26 22 22 9 21 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 30 22 20 4 25
  2. a male given name of rare usage Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong Categories (topical): German given names, German male given names
    Sense id: en-Christophorus-de-name-u~bUdtE8 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Late Latin, Medieval Latin Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Late Latin: 26 22 22 9 21 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 30 22 20 4 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Christoph

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /kʰriːsˈto.pʰo.rus/ [Classical], [kʰriːs̠ˈt̪ɔpʰɔrʊs̠] [Classical], /krisˈto.fo.rus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [krisˈt̪ɔːforus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), literally “Christ-bearer”), from Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed one”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, bring”, from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (from the root *bʰer-), whence via Proto-Italic *ferō also comes ferō; cf. Chrīstifer. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{af|grc|Χρῑστός|φόρος|nocat=1|t1=Christ|t2=bearing}} Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), {{bor|la|grc-koi|Χρῑστόφορος|lit=Christ-bearer|pos=from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">Χρῑστός</i> (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">φόρος</i> (phóros, “bearing”)}} Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), literally “Christ-bearer”), {{der|la|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{der|la|grk-pro|*pʰérō}} Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō, {{af|grc|χρῑστός|φέρω|nocat=1|pos2=from Proto-Hellenic <i class="Latn mention" lang="grk-pro">*pʰérō</i>|t1=anointed one|t2=to bear, bring}} χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed one”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, bring”, from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰer-}} *bʰer-, {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰéreti|pos=from the root <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*bʰer-</i>}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (from the root *bʰer-), {{cog|itc-pro|*ferō}} Proto-Italic *ferō, {{m|la|ferō}} ferō, {{m|la|Chrīstifer}} Chrīstifer Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Chrīstophorus<2>}} Chrīstophorus m sg (genitive Chrīstophorī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Chrīstophorus<2>}} Forms: Chrīstophorus [canonical, masculine, singular], Chrīstophorī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Chrīstophorus [nominative, singular], Chrīstophorī [genitive, singular], Chrīstophorō [dative, singular], Chrīstophorum [accusative, singular], Chrīstophorō [ablative, singular], Chrīstophore [singular, vocative]
  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Chrīstifer, Chrīstophanus, or Chrīstopherus, equivalent to English Christopher Tags: Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-2 Categories (topical): Latin given names, Latin male given names
    Sense id: en-Christophorus-la-name-9z8~xMOa Categories (other): Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Late Latin: 26 22 22 9 21 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 30 22 20 4 25 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 48 13 38 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 53 20 27
  2. a Roman praenomen of Greek derivation Tags: Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-2
    Sense id: en-Christophorus-la-name-Wcw15zmJ
  3. Saint Christopher; Christopher Columbus Tags: Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-2
    Sense id: en-Christophorus-la-name-BmDWdNa9 Categories (other): Late Latin, Medieval Latin Disambiguation of Late Latin: 26 22 22 9 21 Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 30 22 20 4 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Chrīstifer, Chrīstophanus, Chrīstopherus

Inflected forms

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    },
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    }
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          "expansion": "Catalan: Cristòfor, Cristòfol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: Cristòfor, Cristòfol"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Danish: Christoffer, Kristoffer"
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          "expansion": "Dutch: Christoffel, Christoforus, Christophe, Kristof",
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        }
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      "text": "Dutch: Christoffel, Christoforus, Christophe, Kristof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Kristofre",
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          "expansion": "Middle English: Kristofre, Cristofre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Kristofre, Cristofre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Christopher, Topher"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Christophe"
          },
          "expansion": "French: Christophe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: Christophe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "German: Christophorus, Christoph, Christoffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "Cristovo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: Cristovo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: Cristovo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "Kristóf",
            "3": "Krisztofer"
          },
          "expansion": "Hungarian: Kristóf, Krisztofer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hungarian: Kristóf, Krisztofer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Cristoforo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: Cristoforo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: Cristoforo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Kristófer"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Kristófer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Kristófer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
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            "3": "Cristoffa"
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          "expansion": "Ligurian: Christoffa, Cristoffa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: Christoffa, Cristoffa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "Kristofru"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: Kristofru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: Kristofru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "Christopher",
            "3": "Christoffer",
            "4": "Kristoffer"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "Cristòl"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: Cristòl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: Cristòl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
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          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: Cristòfuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: Cristòfuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "osp",
            "2": "Christóval"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: Christóval",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: Christóval"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "Cristofo"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: Cristofo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: Cristofo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Cristóbal",
            "3": "Tobolito"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "Kristobal"
          },
          "expansion": "Basque: Kristobal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Basque: Kristobal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "Kristobal"
          },
          "expansion": "Tagalog: Kristobal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tagalog: Kristobal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "Krzysztof"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: Krzysztof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: Krzysztof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Cristóvão"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: Cristóvão",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: Cristóvão"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "Cristofor"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: Cristofor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: Cristofor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sm",
            "2": "Kerisitofā"
          },
          "expansion": "Samoan: Kerisitofā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Samoan: Kerisitofā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "Christoffer",
            "3": "Kristoffer"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "Cristoforo",
            "3": "Cristòfoƚo"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: Cristoforo, Cristòfoƚo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: Cristoforo, Cristòfoƚo"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "root"
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      },
      "expansion": "Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”)",
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        "lit": "Christ-bearer",
        "pos": "from <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">Χρῑστός</i> (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">φόρος</i> (phóros, “bearing”)"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), literally “Christ-bearer”)",
      "name": "bor"
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "der"
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        "pos2": "from Proto-Hellenic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"grk-pro\">*pʰérō</i>",
        "t1": "anointed one",
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      },
      "expansion": "χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed one”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, bring”, from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō)",
      "name": "af"
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (from the root *bʰer-)",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophorō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    }
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  ],
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Latin male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 22 22 9 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 22 20 4 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 13 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 20 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Chrīstifer, Chrīstophanus, or Chrīstopherus, equivalent to English Christopher"
      ],
      "id": "en-Christophorus-la-name-9z8~xMOa",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Chrīstifer",
          "Christifer#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "Chrīstophanus",
          "Christophanus#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "Chrīstopherus",
          "Christopherus#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "Christopher",
          "Christopher#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a Roman praenomen of Greek derivation"
      ],
      "id": "en-Christophorus-la-name-Wcw15zmJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "praenomen",
          "praenomen"
        ],
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "derivation",
          "derivation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 22 22 9 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 22 20 4 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Saint Christopher; Christopher Columbus"
      ],
      "id": "en-Christophorus-la-name-BmDWdNa9",
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰriːsˈto.pʰo.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰriːs̠ˈt̪ɔpʰɔrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/krisˈto.fo.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[krisˈt̪ɔːforus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Chrīstifer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Chrīstophanus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Chrīstopherus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Christophorus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German 4-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Late Latin",
    "Medieval Latin"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Christophorus'",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christophori",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,':Christophori"
      },
      "expansion": "Christophorus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Christophorus' or Christophori)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Christoph"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Saint Christopher"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German given names",
        "German male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name of rare usage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʁɪsˈtɔ.fo.ʁʊs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-fə-/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Christophorus"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Late Latin",
    "Latin 4-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin proper nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Koine Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Koine Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Medieval Latin"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Cristòfor",
            "3": "Cristòfol"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: Cristòfor, Cristòfol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: Cristòfor, Cristòfol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Christoffer",
            "3": "Kristoffer"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Christoffer, Kristoffer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Christoffer, Kristoffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "Christoffel",
            "3": "Christoforus",
            "4": "Christophe",
            "5": "Kristof"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: Christoffel, Christoforus, Christophe, Kristof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: Christoffel, Christoforus, Christophe, Kristof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Kristofre",
            "3": "Cristofre"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: Kristofre, Cristofre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Kristofre, Cristofre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Christopher",
            "3": "Topher"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Christopher, Topher",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Christopher, Topher"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Christophe"
          },
          "expansion": "French: Christophe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: Christophe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Christophorus",
            "3": "Christoph",
            "4": "Christoffer"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Christophorus, Christoph, Christoffer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Christophorus, Christoph, Christoffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "Cristovo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: Cristovo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: Cristovo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "Kristóf",
            "3": "Krisztofer"
          },
          "expansion": "Hungarian: Kristóf, Krisztofer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hungarian: Kristóf, Krisztofer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Cristoforo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: Cristoforo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: Cristoforo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Kristófer"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Kristófer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Kristófer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "Christoffa",
            "3": "Cristoffa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: Christoffa, Cristoffa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: Christoffa, Cristoffa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "Kristofru"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: Kristofru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: Kristofru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "Christopher",
            "3": "Christoffer",
            "4": "Kristoffer"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Christopher, Christoffer, Kristoffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "Cristòl"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: Cristòl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: Cristòl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "Cristòfuru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: Cristòfuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: Cristòfuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "Christóval"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: Christóval",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: Christóval"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "Cristofo"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: Cristofo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: Cristofo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Cristóbal",
            "3": "Tobolito"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: Cristóbal, Tobolito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "Kristobal"
          },
          "expansion": "Basque: Kristobal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Basque: Kristobal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "Kristobal"
          },
          "expansion": "Tagalog: Kristobal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tagalog: Kristobal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "Krzysztof"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: Krzysztof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Polish: Krzysztof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Cristóvão"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: Cristóvão",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: Cristóvão"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "Cristofor"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: Cristofor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: Cristofor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sm",
            "2": "Kerisitofā"
          },
          "expansion": "Samoan: Kerisitofā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Samoan: Kerisitofā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Christoffer",
            "3": "Kristoffer"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Christoffer, Kristoffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "Cristoforo",
            "3": "Cristòfoƚo"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: Cristoforo, Cristòfoƚo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: Cristoforo, Cristòfoƚo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Χρῑστός",
        "3": "φόρος",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "Christ",
        "t2": "bearing"
      },
      "expansion": "Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc-koi",
        "3": "Χρῑστόφορος",
        "lit": "Christ-bearer",
        "pos": "from <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">Χρῑστός</i> (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">φόρος</i> (phóros, “bearing”)"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), literally “Christ-bearer”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*pʰérō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "χρῑστός",
        "3": "φέρω",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "from Proto-Hellenic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"grk-pro\">*pʰérō</i>",
        "t1": "anointed one",
        "t2": "to bear, bring"
      },
      "expansion": "χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed one”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, bring”, from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰer-"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰer-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰéreti",
        "pos": "from the root <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*bʰer-</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (from the root *bʰer-)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "*ferō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *ferō",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ferō"
      },
      "expansion": "ferō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Chrīstifer"
      },
      "expansion": "Chrīstifer",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “bearing”), literally “Christ-bearer”), from Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós, “anointed one”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, bring”, from Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (from the root *bʰer-), whence via Proto-Italic *ferō also comes ferō; cf. Chrīstifer.",
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    {
      "form": "Chrīstophorus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophorī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophorus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophorī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophorō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophorum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophorō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chrīstophore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Chrīstophorus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "Chrīstophorus m sg (genitive Chrīstophorī); second declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Chrīstophorus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin given names",
        "Latin male given names",
        "Latin male given names from Ancient Greek"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Chrīstifer, Chrīstophanus, or Chrīstopherus, equivalent to English Christopher"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Chrīstifer",
          "Christifer#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "Chrīstophanus",
          "Christophanus#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "Chrīstopherus",
          "Christopherus#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "Christopher",
          "Christopher#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a Roman praenomen of Greek derivation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman"
        ],
        [
          "praenomen",
          "praenomen"
        ],
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "derivation",
          "derivation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Saint Christopher; Christopher Columbus"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰriːsˈto.pʰo.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰriːs̠ˈt̪ɔpʰɔrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/krisˈto.fo.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[krisˈt̪ɔːforus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Chrīstifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chrīstophanus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chrīstopherus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Christophorus"
}

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