different between kristen vs kris

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?krist?n/

Adjective

kristen

1. (Christianity) Christian

Noun

kristen m (plural kristenien or kristenion)

1. (Christianity) Christian

Mutation

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kristinn (cf. runic ??????? (kristna), acc.pl). Borrowed via Old English cristen or Middle Low German kristen from Latin Chr?sti?nus, derived from Chr?stus +? -i?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k????sd??n]

Adjective

kristen

1. (Christianity) Christian

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kristinn.

Adjective

kristen (masculine and feminine kristen, neuter kristent, definite singular and plural kristne, comparative kristnere, indefinite superlative kristnest, definite superlative kristneste)

1. (Christianity) Christian

Derived terms

• førkristen
• kristenliv

Noun

kristen m

1. (Christianity) Christian

References

• “kristen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kristinn.

Adjective

kristen (masculine and feminine kristen, neuter kriste or kristent, definite singular and plural kristne, comparative kristnare, indefinite superlative kristnast, definite superlative kristnaste)

1. (Christianity) Christian

Derived terms

• førkristen
• kristenliv

Noun

kristen m

1. (Christianity) Christian

References

• “kristen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kristinn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kristen

1. (Christianity) Christian; relating to Christianity or Christians.

Declension

Synonyms

• kristlig

Anagrams

• Kerstin, kristne, skrinet, stinker

English

Alternative forms

• crease, creese, keris, kreese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay keris. Doublet of kalis. Recognized as part of English ca. 1580.

Noun

kris (plural krises or krisses)

1. An Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade.
2. A Moro sword with an asymmetrical blade.

Verb

kris (third-person singular simple present krises, present participle krising or krissing, simple past and past participle krised or krissed)

1. (transitive) To stab with a kris.
   • 1901, George Manville Fenn, Running Amok: A Story of Adventure, page 100:

     [...] when I was a boy, but Rajah Sul and Sultan Abdel krissed and speared all the poor people and burned the campongs.

   • 2017, John D. Greenwood, Forbidden Hill (Monsoon Books, ?ISBN):

     One Malay seaman had resisted the rattan halter––he had been krissed to death on the spot and thrown overboard.

See also

• kalis

Anagrams

• Risk, irks, kirs, riks, risk

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese keris (??????), from Old Javanese ngiris (??????).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr?s/
• Hyphenation: kris
• Rhymes: -?s
• Homophone: Chris

Noun

kris f or m (plural krissen)

1. kris (Indonesian or Malay with a wavy blade)

Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ?????? (krísis, “judgement, decision”).

Noun

kris f (plural krisa)

1. law, rule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kris, creese, from Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krî?s/

Noun

kr?s m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. kris

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

kris c

1. crisis (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Declension

Related terms

Anagrams

• riks-, risk, skri