- Xmas
- noun Etymology: X (symbol for Christ, from the Greek letter chi (X), initial of Christos Christ) + -mas (in Christmas) Date: 1551 Christmas
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Xmas — is used in informal written English to represent the word Christmas. It would be nice to have my Dad home for Xmas … English dictionary
Xmas — Xmas. (auch bloß Xm.), in England gebräuchliche Abkürzung für Christmas (Weihnachten) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Xmas — [ ɪksmɛs], in Großbritannien und v. a. in den USA Kurzbezeichnung für Christmas … Universal-Lexikon
Xmas — Christmas, 1551, X temmas, wherein the X is an abbreviation for Christ in Christmas, from first letter of Gk. Christos Christ (see CHRIST (Cf. Christ)). The earlier way to abbreviate it was Xp or Xr , corresponding to Chr , and the form Xres… … Etymology dictionary
Xmas — (Christmas) krɪsmÉ™s n. Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus … English contemporary dictionary
Xmas — In this abbreviated form of the name Christmas, first recorded in the 18c, the initial X represents a Greek chi (= ch), the first letter of the name Christ. It is a convenient shortening commonly used in newspaper headlines, on cards, and in… … Modern English usage
Xmas — [n] Christmas Christmastide, Christmastime, festive season, Nativity, Noel, Yule, Yuletide; concept 802 … New thesaurus
Xmas — [eks′məs] n. [see XP] informal var. of CHRISTMAS … English World dictionary
Xmas — For the Italian frogman unit Xª MAS , see Decima Flottiglia MAS. A 1922 Ladies Home Journal advertisement using Xmas . Xmas is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas . It is sometimes pronounced … Wikipedia
Xmas — Die Schreibweise X mas oder Xmas, auch Xtmas oder Xstmas, wird im englischen Sprachraum, vor allem in den USA, häufig als Abkürzung für das Wort Christmas (Weihnachten) verwendet. Seit frühchristlicher Zeit diente der griechische Buchstabe Chi… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Xmas — /kris meuhs/ or, often, /eks meuhs/ Christmas. Usage. The abbreviation XMAS for Christmas dates from the mid 16th century. The X is the Greek letter chi, the initial part of a greek word (Christos) Christ. In spite of a long and respectable… … Universalium
