[go: nahoru, domu]

Middle English

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Old French baptiser, batisier, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptizare, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, to immerse, plunge, baptize).

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

baptisen

  1. To baptise, christen (perform a baptism).
  2. (reflexive) To receive a baptism.
  3. (rare) To purify or consecrate.
  4. (rare) To give a name, christen.

Conjugation

edit
edit

Descendants

edit
  • English: baptize, baptise
  • Scots: bapteese

References

edit