godparent

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English

Noun

godparent (plural godparents)

1. The person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism
2. A godfather or godmother
3. One who cares for a child if untimely demise is met by the parents

Translations

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

• Asturian: padrín (ast) m, madrina (ast) f
• Danish: fadder (da)
• Esperanto: baptogepatro (eo)
• Finnish: kummi (fi)
• Greek: (godfather) νονός (el) (nonós) m, (godmother) νονά (el) (noná) f
• Japanese: 教父母 (ja) (きょうふぼ, kyōfubo), 名付け親 (ja) (なづけおや, nazukeoya)

• Luxembourgish: Pätter (lb)
• Macedonian: кум (mk) (kum) m
• Portuguese: padrinho (pt) m, madrinha (pt) f
• Swedish: fadder (sv) c
• Volapük: (male or female) spönan (vo), (collective) spönanef (vo)

godfather or godmother

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (godfather) 乾爹 (cmn), 干爹 (cmn) (gāndiē), 教父 (cmn) (jiàofù); (godmother) 乾娘 (cmn), 干娘 (cmn) (gānniáng), 教母 (cmn) (jiàomǔ)

• Finnish: kummisetä (fi), kummitäti (fi)
• German: Pate (de) m, Patin (de) f
• Greek: (godfather) νονός (el) (nonós) m, (godmother) νονά (el) (noná) f
• Japanese: 教父母 (ja) (きょうふぼ, kyōfubo), 代父母 (ja) (だいふぼ, daifubo)

• Macedonian: кум (mk) (kum) m
• Portuguese: padrinho (pt) m, madrinha (pt) f
• Russian: (godfather) крёстный отец (ru) (krjóstnyj otéts) m; (godmother) крёстная мать (ru) (krjóstnaja mat’) f
• Volapük: (male or female) spönan (vo), (male) hispönan (vo), (female) jispönan (vo)

one who cares for a child if untimely demise is met by the parents

• Finnish: kummi (fi)
• Japanese: 養親 (ja) (ようしん, yōshin)

• Macedonian: кум (mk) (kum) m
• Swedish: fadder (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: padrino