A christening is a Christian ceremony in which a baby is made a member of the Christian Church and is officially given his or her name. Compare baptism.
...my granddaughter's christening.
...a christening robe.
christening in British English
(ˈkrɪsənɪŋ)
noun
the Christian sacrament of baptism or the ceremony in which this is conferred
christening in American English
(ˈkrɪsənɪŋ)
noun
the Christian act or ceremony of baptizing and giving a name to an infant; baptism
Word origin
ME cristninge: see christen
Examples of 'christening' in a sentence
christening
Furthermore we assumed that my granddaughter's christening would not be one of a number.
Secombe, Fred GOODBYE CURATE (1990)
My brother's christening name was Charles Yancy McAllister, but Chance is all anybody ever called him.
Spellman, Cathy Cash PAINT THE WIND (1990)
In other languages
christening
British English: christening /ˈkrɪsnɪŋ/ NOUN
A christening is a ceremony in which a baby is made a member of the Christian church and is given his or her Christian names.
...my granddaughter's christening.
American English: christening
Arabic: تَعْمِيد
Brazilian Portuguese: batismo
Chinese: 洗礼仪式
Croatian: krštenje
Czech: křest
Danish: dåb
Dutch: doop
European Spanish: bautizo
Finnish: ristiäiset
French: baptême
German: Taufe
Greek: βάφτιση
Italian: battesimo
Japanese: 洗礼
Korean: 세례
Norwegian: dåp
Polish: chrzest
European Portuguese: batismo
Romanian: botez
Russian: крещение
Latin American Spanish: bautizo
Swedish: dop
Thai: การทำพิธีล้างบาปและตั้งชื่อ
Turkish: vaftiz
Ukrainian: хрещення
Vietnamese: lễ rửa tội
Chinese translation of 'christening'
christening
(ˈkrɪsnɪŋ)
n(c)
洗礼(禮) (xǐlǐ) (次, cì)
christen
(ˈkrɪsn)
vt
[baby]洗礼(禮)时(時)给(給) ... 命名 (xǐlǐ shí gěi ... mìngmíng)