antichrist

See also: Antichrist

English

Etymology

See Antichrist. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ Christ.

Noun

antichrist (plural antichrists)

1. One who works against the teachings of Christ.
   • 1976, “Anarchy in the U.K.”, performed by Sex Pistols:

     I am an antichrist / And I am an anarchist / Don't know what I want / But I know how to get it

Translations

someone that works against the teachings of Christ

• Afrikaans: antichris
• Albanian: antikrisht m, antikrishti m (definite)
• Arabic: ضِدّ الْمَسِيح m (ḍidd al-masīḥ), الدَّجَّال m (ad-dajjāl)
• Armenian: նեռ (hy) (neṙ), հակաքրիստոս (hakakʻristos)
• Azerbaijani: dəccal
• Belarusian: анты́хрыст m (antýxryst)
• Bulgarian: антихри́ст (bg) m (antihríst)
• Catalan: anticrist m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反基督 (zh) (fǎnjīdū), 敵基督／敌基督 (zh) (díjīdū)

• Czech: antikrist m
• Danish: antikrist c
• Dutch: antichrist (nl) m
• Esperanto: kontraŭkristo
• Estonian: antikristus
• Finnish: antikristus (fi)
• French: antéchrist (fr) m, antichrist (fr) m
• Friulian: anticrist m
• Georgian: ანტიქრისტე (anṭikrisṭe)
• German: Antichrist (de) m
• Greek: αντίχριστος (el) m (antíchristos)
• Hebrew: אַנְטִיכְּרִיסְטוֹס (he) m (antikrístos)
• Hindi: ईसा मसीह का शत्रु m (īsā masīh kā śatru)
• Hungarian: antikrisztus (hu)
• Icelandic: Antíkristur m
• Interlingua: antichristo
• Italian: anticristo (it) m
• Japanese: 反キリスト (はんきりすと, hankirisuto)
• Kazakh: антихрист (antixrist), тажал (tajal)
• Korean: 그리스도의 적 (geuriseudoui jeok), 가그리스도 (gageuriseudo), 적그리스도 (jeokgeuriseudo)
• Kyrgyz: антихрист (antihrist)
• Latvian: antikrists m
• Lithuanian: antikristas m
• Macedonian: антихрист m (antihrist)
• Malay: antikristus, dajal
• Manx: anchreest m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: antikrist m

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: антихрьстъ m (antixrĭstŭ)

• Pashto: دجال (ps) m (daǰãl)
• Persian: ضدمسیح (zedd-e-masih), دجال (fa) (dajjâl)
• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: antychryst (pl) m
• Portuguese: anticristo (pt) m
• Romanian: antihrist (ro) m, anticrist (ro) m
• Russian: анти́христ (ru) m (antíxrist)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀нтихрист m, а̀нтикрист m

  Roman: àntihrist (sh) m, àntikrist (sh) m

• Slovak: antikrist m
• Slovene: antikrist m
• Spanish: anticristo (es) m
• Swedish: antikrist c
• Tajik: даҷҷол (dajjol)
• Thai: ศัตรูของพระคริสต์ (sàt-dtruu kɔ̌ɔng prá krít)
• Turkish: deccal (tr)
• Ukrainian: анти́христ (uk) m (antýxryst)
• Urdu: دجال m (dajjāl), ضد مسیح m (zidd masīh)
• Uyghur: دەججال (dejjal)
• Uzbek: dajjol (uz)
• Vietnamese: kẻ chống Giê-xu

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tiˈkrɪst/, (chiefly used in orthodox Protestantism) /ˌɑn.tiˈxrɪst/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧christ
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Proper noun

antichrist m

1. (chiefly Christianity) Antichrist (the false messiah appearing in the book of Revelation)

Alternative forms

• Antichrist (superseded)

Noun

antichrist m (plural antichristen)

1. (chiefly Christianity) antichrist

Descendants

• Afrikaans: antichris