parrain

French

Etymology

From Old French parain, from a Vulgar Latin *patrīnus (with a later change of suffix to -anus), from Latin patruus or pater. Compare Catalan padrí, Italian padrino, Occitan pairin, Portuguese padrinho, Spanish padrino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɛ̃/

• parrain:

  (file)

Noun

parrain m (plural parrains)

1. (religion) godfather
2. namer, christener (of a ship)
3. sponsor, proposer; patron

Related terms

• père

See also

• compère
• marraine

Further reading

• “parrain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.