English-French translations for baptism

• baptême
  Mon baptême - et j'espère que ce ne sera pas un baptême du feu - est pour demain soir. My baptism - and I hope it will not be a baptism of fire - will take place tomorrow evening.
  Je salue également la contribution efficace de la Présidence slovène, qui, pour son baptême du feu, a été confrontée à un dossier véritablement épineux. I also commend the Slovenian Presidency for its effective contribution. It was given a baptism of fire by being faced with a really thorny issue.

Definition of baptism

• A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water

Related words

• baptismal
• pedobaptism
• paedobaptism
• rebaptism
• debaptism
• Anabaptism
• credobaptism
• baptism of fire
• baptism by fire