christ

Other forms of christ

plural

christs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about christ

What does christ mean?

christ means "a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in christ?

christ has 1 syllable: christ. In IPA it is /ˈkɹaɪst/.

What is another word for christ?

Close synonyms include Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Savior. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is christ a common word?

christ is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.