English Dictionary

christen

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɹɪsən/

動詞

他動詞 広義 廃用 口語 くだけた表現

(transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize. / (transitive, by extension) To name. / (obsolete) To Christianize. / (colloquial) To use for the first time.

日本語の意味

洗礼を施す、バプテスマを行う / （転じて）名前を付ける / （古い用法で）キリスト教化する / （口語で）初めて使用する

The priest will christen the baby during the ceremony.

その司祭は式の間に赤ちゃんに洗礼を授けるでしょう。

意味（1）

(transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.

The new baby was christened at the village church.

意味（2）

(transitive, by extension) To name.

I christen this ship the Bonny Barnacle.

意味（3）

(obsolete) To Christianize.

1657, Jeremy Taylor, Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship

意味（4）

(colloquial) To use for the first time.

I christened my new boots today with a walk in the snow.

意味（5）

(informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.

Thus was De Witt's colony, like Austin's, at the mouth of the Colorado, christened in blood, and thus for the moment ended the first effort to found a settlement within its limits.

christens （ present singular third-person ）

christening （ participle present ）

christened （ participle past ）

christened （ past ）