"Christine" meaning in French

See Christine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kʁis.tin/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Christine.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Christine.wav [France]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Chrīstiāna, the name of an early martyr. Doublet of chrétienne. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|Chrīstiāna}} Borrowed from Latin Chrīstiāna, {{doublet|fr|chrétienne}} Doublet of chrétienne Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f}} Christine f
  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Christina Tags: feminine Related terms: Christelle, Christiane, Marie-Christine
    Sense id: en-Christine-fr-name-2BZiG95i Categories (other): French female given names, French given names
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /kʁis.tin/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Christine.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Christine.wav [France]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Christkind. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|de:Christkind}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "Christ", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Christ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" }, { "gloss" : "child", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "child", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "produce", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵenh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kinþą", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "kint", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Christkind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "Christine", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="Christine">, {{bor+|fr|de|Christkind}} Borrowed from German Christkind Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f}} Christine f
  1. (Louisiana) a folkloric figure similar to Santa Claus who brings gifts on New Year's Eve Tags: Louisiana, feminine
    Sense id: en-Christine-fr-name-FbfDkg3Y Categories (other): Louisiana French
  2. (Louisiana) Santa Claus Tags: Louisiana, feminine Synonyms: Papa Noël
    Sense id: en-Christine-fr-name-eoDGmg8D Categories (other): Louisiana French, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 5 17 17 17 17 5 7 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 16 16 16 16 6 9 15 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 21 26 52 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 19 27 54 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 17 35 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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