marrêna

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Compare French marraine.

Noun

marrêna f (plural marrênes) (ORB, broad)

1. godmother

   Coordinate term: parren (“godfather”)

References

• marraine in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• marrêna in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 820: “marraine” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “matrīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 500