Xmas
pronunciation
How to pronounce Xmas in British English:
UK [ˈkrɪsməs]
How to pronounce Xmas in American English:
US ['krɪsməs]
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- Noun:
- a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Word Origin
- Xmas (n.)
- "Christmas," 1551, X'temmas, wherein the X is an abbreviation for Christ in Christmas, English letter X being identical in form (but not sound signification) to Greek chi, the first letter of Greek Christos "Christ" (see Christ). The earlier way to abbreviate the word in English was Xp- or Xr- (corresponding to the "Chr-" in Greek Χριστος), and the form Xres mæsse for "Christmas" appears in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" (c. 1100).
Example
- 1. It was the festive run up to xmas and I was determined to keep his morale up .
- 2. Xmas 2009 sony center am potsdamer platz .
- 3. What will you give me for xmas present ?
- 4. Every year more than 400 million people celebrate xmas around the world -- that makes xmas one of the world 's biggest religious and commercial festivities .
- 5. A girl I went to school with , who spends a lot of her time announcing to the whole world all her most personal thoughts and feelings through facebook , posted on her home page a few weeks ago , " only 76 days left till xmas ! "