godson

English

Etymology

From Middle English godsone, godsune, from Old English godsunu (“godson”), equivalent to god +‎ son. Cognate with Danish gudsøn (“godson”), Swedish gudson (“godson”), Icelandic guðsonur (“godson”).

Noun

godson (plural godsons)

1. A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Related terms

• godchild
• goddaughter
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent

Translations

Male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

• Albanian: famull (sq) m
• Asturian: afiáu (ast) m
• Catalan: fillol (ca) m
• Danish: gudsøn
• Esperanto: baptofilo
• Finnish: kummipoika (fi)
• French: filleul (fr) m
• Friulian: fioç m
• Galician: afillado (gl) m
• Greek: βαφτισιμιός (el) m (vaftisimiós)
• Ido: baptofiliulo (io)
• Irish: mac baistí m
• Italian: figlioccio (it) m
• Latvian: krustdēls
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• Norman: filieu m
• Portuguese: afilhado (pt)
• Romanian: fin (ro) m
• Romansch: figliol m, figlioul m
• Russian: крёстный сын m (krjóstnyj syn), кре́стник (ru) m (kréstnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: daltan m
• Slovak: krstný syn m
• Spanish: ahijado (es) m
• Swedish: gudson c
• Tagalog: anak na lalaki sa binyag
• Venetian: fioso m, fioço m, fioç m, fiozho m
• Volapük: hispönäb
• Welsh: mab bedydd m

Further reading

• Godparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia