"christening" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹɪs.ə.nɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-christening.wav [Southern-England] Forms: christenings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cristenynge, from Old English cristnung; compare christen + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cristenynge}} Middle English cristenynge, {{inh|en|ang|cristnung}} Old English cristnung, {{affix|en|christen|-ing}} christen + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} christening (plural christenings)
  1. The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (Christian sacrament): крешене (krešeńe) (Eastern Mari), მონათვლა (monatvla) (Georgian), ნათლობა (natloba) (Georgian), Taufe [feminine] (German), baisteadh [masculine] (Irish), cristenynge (Middle English), bâptême [masculine] (Norman), chrzest [masculine] (Polish), chrzciny [plural] (Polish), креще́ние (kreščénije) [neuter] (Russian), baisteadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dop [neuter] (Swedish), хрещення (xreščennja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-christening-en-noun-VyQKUkBI Disambiguation of Christianity: 51 14 35 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 38 16 46 Disambiguation of 'Christian sacrament': 96 4
  2. Any instance of someone's or something's being christened. Translations (any instance of someone's or something's being christened): მონათვლა (monatvla) (Georgian), креще́ние (kreščénije) [neuter] (Russian), dop [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-christening-en-noun-JZZi21LR Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 38 16 46 Disambiguation of "any instance of someone's or something's being christened": 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Christianing [obsolete] Derived forms: as demure as an old whore at a christening, as demure as a whore at a christening

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹɪs.ə.nɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-christening.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English cristenynge, from Old English cristnung; compare christen + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cristenynge}} Middle English cristenynge, {{inh|en|ang|cristnung}} Old English cristnung, {{affix|en|christen|-ing}} christen + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} christening
  1. present participle and gerund of christen Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: christen
    Sense id: en-christening-en-verb-uMHAhn7d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 22 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 38 16 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Christianing [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Christianing"
    }
  ],
  "word": "christening"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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