# crisma
## Galician
### Etymology

From Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɾismɐ]

### Noun

crisma m (plural crismas)
* (Christianity) chrism (holy oil used in certain ceremonies)

### Noun

crisma f (plural crismas)
* (colloquial) head
    Synonyms: cachola, testa
** 1858, M. Pintos, Album:o chosco decía que en saíndo da cadea lle iba a desfacer a crismathe one-eyed was saying that upon being released of jail he was going to undo his head

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crisma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crisma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crisma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkri.zma/
* Rhymes: -izma
* Hyphenation: crì‧sma

### Noun

crisma m (plural crismi)
* chrism

### Anagrams

* Scrima, sciarm, scrima

## Middle English
### Noun

crisma
* Alternative form of crisme

## Old English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin crisma, from Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkris.mɑ/, [ˈkriz.mɑ]

### Noun

crisma m
* chrism

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: crisme, cresome, crisma, crisum, crysme, crysome, crysum, crysyme, krysom
** English: chrism, chrisom

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾiz.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾiz.mɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkɾiʒ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾiz.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾiʒ.mɐ/

### Etymology 1

From Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

#### Noun

crisma f or (less common) m (plural crismas)
* (Christianity) confirmation (sacrament of sealing one’s adhesion to the doctrine)
    Synonym: confirmação
* rechristening (a ceremonial change of name or designation)

#### Noun

crisma m (plural crismas)
* (Christianity) chrism (holy oil used in certain ceremonies)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

crisma
* inflection of crismar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɾisma/ [ˈkɾiz.ma]
* Rhymes: -isma
* Syllabification: cris‧ma

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “anointing”), from χρίω (khríō, “to anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēy- (“to smear”).

#### Noun

crisma m or f same meaning (plural crismas)
* chrism
** 1998, Dennis C. Smolarski, Los Sacramentos. Principios y práctica litúrgica, tr. by Ignacio Marqués of Sacred Mysteries. Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice, Centre de Pastoral Litúrgica (publ.,1st ed.), page 80.
    Todo esto se hacía para impedir que manos no consagradas tocaran el crisma sagrado. Esta reverencia exagerada hacia el crisma raya con la superstición y es anacrónica, cuando es ya práctica común entre la gente el recibir la comunión en la mano.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (colloquial) noggin, block, nut (head)
** 2013, Pedro Urvi, Conflicto: El enigma de los Ilenios II‎, self-published, →ISBN:Al grandullón le encantaba la acción. No podía esperar para meterse en algún lío y repartir mamporros o romper crismas, como él mismo solía decir.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Derived terms

* crismar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

crisma
* inflection of crismar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “crisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10