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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

baptist (plural baptists)

1. A person who baptizes.

Derived terms

• bush baptist
• parabaptist
• se-baptist

 

Related terms

• Anabaptism
• anabaptist
• Anabaptist
• Anabaptistic
• Anabaptistical
• Anabaptistically
• Anabaptistry
• baptise
• baptiser
• baptism
• baptismal
• baptismally
• Baptist
• baptistery
• baptistic
• baptistical
• baptistically
• baptistry
• baptize
• baptizer
• Catabaptism
• Catabaptist
• credobaptism
• credobaptist
• paedobaptism
• pædobaptism
• pædobaptist
• paedobaptist
• pedobaptism
• pedobaptist
• rebaptise
• rebaptiser
• rebaptism
• rebaptist
• rebaptize
• rebaptizer

 

Translations

person who baptizes

• Catalan: baptista m or f
• Coptic: ⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ (baptistēs)
• Esperanto: baptisto, baptistino (female)
• Finnish: kastaja
• French: baptiseur (fr) m, baptiseuse f, baptiste (fr) m or f, baptisateur m, baptisatrice f,
• German: Täufer (de) m, Täuferin (de) f, Täuferinn f (obsolete)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βαπτιστής m (baptistḗs)

• Latin: baptista m, baptizātor m, baptizātrīx f
• Maori: kaiiriiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: døper m

  Nynorsk: døypar m

• Portuguese: batista (pt) m or f, baptista m or f (obsolete)
• Romanian: baptist (ro) m, baptistă (ro) f
• Russian: крести́тель (ru) m (krestítelʹ)
• Spanish: bautista (es) m or f
• Swedish: döpare (sv) c, döperska c (female)

Anagrams

• batspit

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

• Note that baptist is not synonymous with anabaptist or doopsgezinde.

Derived terms

• baptistisch

Related terms

• baptisme

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

Etymology 1

Noun

baptist

2. Alternative form of bapteme

Etymology 2

Noun

baptist

2. 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

• “baptist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “baptist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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

• “baptist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French baptiste.

Noun

baptist m (plural baptiști, feminine equivalent baptistă)

1. Baptist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	baptist	baptistul		baptiști	baptiștii
genitive-dative	baptist	baptistului		baptiști	baptiștilor
vocative	baptistule			baptiștilor