godchild

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English

Etymology

god +‎ child

Noun

godchild (plural godchildren)

1. A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.

   Mary stood as godmother for little Arny, her godchild.

Translations

a child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent

• Albanian: famull (sq) m, fijan (sq) m
• Armenian: սան (hy) (san), սանիկ (hy) (sanik)
• Danish: gudbarn (da) n
• Esperanto: baptogefilo (eo)
• Estonian: ristilaps
• Finnish: kummilapsi (fi)
• German: Patenkind (de) n
• Greek: αναδεχτός (el) (anaδekhtós) m, αναδεξιμιός (el) (anaδeksimiós) m, βαφτισιμιός (el) (vaftisimiós) m
• Latvian: krustbērns (lv)

• Macedonian: крштеник (mk) (k'rštenik) m, кумче (mk) (kúmče) n
• Portuguese: afilhado (pt) m, afilhada (pt) f
• Russian: крестник (ru) (kréstnik) m, крестница (ru) (kréstnitsa) f
• Serbo-Croatian: kumče (sh) n
• Slovak: krstňa n
• Spanish: ahijado (es) m, ahijada (es) f
• Swedish: gudbarn (sv) n
• Volapük: (male or female) spönäb (vo), (male) hispönäb (vo), (female) jispönäb (vo), (male or female) spönacil (vo), (male) spönahicil (vo), (female) spönajicil (vo)

Related terms

• goddaughter
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent
• godson
• godbrother
• godsister