godparent

English

Etymology

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

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
• Esperanto: baptogepatro
• Finnish: kummi (fi)
• Galician: padriño m
• Georgian: ნათლია n (natlia)
• Greek: (godfather) νονός (el) m (nonós), (godmother) νονά (el) f (noná)
• Ido: baptogenitoro
• Japanese: 教父母 (きょうふぼ, kyōfubo), 名付け親 (なづけおや, nazukeoya)
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• Luxembourgish: Pätter (lb)
• Macedonian: кум (mk) m (kum)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fadder m, dåpsvitne n

  Nynorsk: fadder m, dåpsvitne n

• Polish: chrzestny (pl) m
• Portuguese: padrinho (pt) m, madrinha (pt) f
• Swedish: fadder (sv) c
• Volapük: spönan (vo) m or f, (collective) spönanef (vo) m or f

godfather or godmother

• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: peetvader (nl) m, peetmoeder (nl) f
• Finnish: kummisetä (fi), kummitäti (fi)
• French: parrain (fr) m, marraine (fr) f
• Galician: padriño m
• Georgian: ნათლია (natlia)
• German: Pate (de) m, Patin (de) f
• Greek: (godfather) νονός (el) m (nonós), (godmother) νονά (el) f (noná)
• Ido: baptogenitoro
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• Japanese: 教父母 (きょうふぼ, kyōfubo), 代父母 (だいふぼ, daifubo)
• Macedonian: кум (mk) m (kum)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fadder m, dåpsvitne n

  Nynorsk: fadder m, dåpsvitne n

• Polish: chrzestny (pl) m, chrzestna (pl) f
• Portuguese: padrinho (pt) m, madrinha (pt) f
• Romanian: naș (ro) m, nașă (ro) f
• Russian: крёстный оте́ц (ru) m (krjóstnyj otéc), крёстная мать (ru) f (krjóstnaja matʹ)
• Ukrainian: хрещений батько m (xreščenyj batʹko), хрещена (мати) f (xreščena (maty))
• Volapük: spönan (vo) m or f, hispönan m, jispönan f

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

• Finnish: kummi (fi)
• French: parrain (fr) m, marraine (fr) f
• Japanese: 養親 (ja) (ようしん, yōshin)
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• Macedonian: кум (mk) m (kum)
• Swedish: fadder (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} padrino (es)
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