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godparent

godparent

English

Noun

godparent ‎(plural godparents)

The person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism
A godfather or godmother
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)
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)

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

godfather or godmother

Chinese:
Mandarin: (godfather) 乾爹 (zh), 干爹 (zh) ‎(gāndiē), 教父 (zh) ‎(jiàofù); (godmother) 乾娘 (zh), 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
Georgian: ნათლია ‎(natlia)
German: Pate (de) m, Patin (de) f

Greek: (godfather) νονός (el) m ‎(nonós), (godmother) νονά (el) f ‎(noná)
Ido: baptogenitoro
Japanese: 教父母 ‎(きょうふぼ, kyōfubo), 代父母 ‎(だいふぼ, daifubo)
Macedonian: кум (mk) m ‎(kum)
Portuguese: padrinho (pt) m, madrinha (pt) f
Russian: (godfather) крёстный оте́ц (ru) m ‎(krjóstnyj otéc); (godmother) крёстная мать (ru) f ‎(krjóstnaja matʹ)
Volapük: (♂♀) spönan (vo), (♂) hispönan, (♀) jispönan

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) m ‎(kum)
Swedish: fadder (sv) c