godparent

English

Etymology

From god- +‎ parent, modelled after godfather, godmother, godsib, etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

godparent (plural godparents)

1. A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.

   Hyponyms: godfather, godmother

Translations

person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism

• Asturian: padrín (ast) m, madrina (ast) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (male) 乾爹／干爹 (zh) (gāndiē), 教父 (zh) (jiàofù); (female) 乾娘／干娘 (zh) (gānniáng), 教母 (zh) (jiàomǔ)

• Danish: fadder
• Dutch: peetvader (nl) m, peetmoeder (nl) f
• Esperanto: baptogepatro
• Estonian: ristivanem, ristiisa m, ristiema f, vader (et)
• Finnish: kummi (fi), kummisetä (fi), kummitäti (fi)
• French: parrain (fr) m, marraine (fr) f
• Galician: padriño m
• Georgian: ნათლია n (natlia)
• German: Pate (de) m, Patin (de) f
• Greek: (godfather) νονός (el) m (nonós), (godmother) νονά (el) f (noná)
• Hungarian: keresztszülő (hu)
• Ido: baptogenitoro
• Ingrian: kooma
• Irish: cara as Críost m
• Japanese: 教父母 (きょうふぼ, kyōfubo), 名付け親 (なづけおや, nazukeoya), 代父母 (だいふぼ, daifubo)
• Luxembourgish: Pätter (lb)
• Macedonian: кум (mk) m (kum)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fadder (no) m, dåpsvitne n

  Nynorsk: fadder m, dåpsvitne n

• Old English: godsibb m
• Polish: chrzestny (pl) m, chrzestna (pl) f
• Portuguese: padrinho (pt) m, madrinha (pt) f
• Romanian: naș (ro) m, nașă (ro) f
• Russian: крёстный оте́ц m (krjóstnyj otéc), крёстная мать f (krjóstnaja matʹ)
• Swedish: fadder (sv) c
• Ukrainian: хрещений батько m (xreščenyj batʹko), хрещена (мати) f (xreščena (maty))
• Volapük: spönan (vo) m or f, hispönan m, jispönan f; (collective) spönanef (vo) m or f

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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} padrino (es) m, madrina (es) f