Dictionary

godparent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god English god- English parent English godparent From god- + parent, modelled after godfather, godmother, godsib, etc.

Meanings

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.
2. A child's designated guardian in the case that the child's parents die.

Forms

Deriveds

godparenthood · godparental · godparenting · fairy godparent

Hyponyms

godmother · godfather

Translations (56)

ru крёстная мать (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · sv fadder (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · nl peetmoeder (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · fr parrain (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ast madrina (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · pl chrzestna (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · uk хрещена (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · lb Pätter (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · da fadder (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ja 教父母 (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · mk кум (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ang godsibb (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · nn fadder (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · de Pate (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · uk хрещений батько (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · el νονά (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · et vader (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · fi kummisetä (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ja 名付け親 (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · vo spönanef (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · pl chrzestny (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · fr marraine (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ru крёстный оте́ц (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · et ristivanem (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · vo spönan (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · vo hispönan (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · cmn 教母 (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · cmn 教父 (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · el νονός (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · izh kooma (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · pt madrinha (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · pt padrinho (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ka ნათლია (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · hu keresztszülő (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · cmn 乾娘 /干娘 (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · et ristiema (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ro nașă (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · id wali baptis (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · fi kummitäti (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · et ristiisa (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ast padrín (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · vo jispönan (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · eo baptogepatro (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ja 代父母 (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · nb fadder (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · nn dåpsvitne (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · cmn 乾爹 /干爹 (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · nl peetvader (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · gl padriño (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · nb dåpsvitne (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · de Patin (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ga cara as Críost (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · fi kummi (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · ro naș (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · io baptogenitoro (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) · haw makua papakema (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism)