godchild

See also: god-child

English

Etymology

From god- +‎ child.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑdˌt͡ʃaɪld/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdˌt͡ʃaɪld/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

godchild (plural godchildren)

1. A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.

   Mary stood as godmother for little Emily, her godchild.

Synonyms

• godkid

Related terms

• goddaughter
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent
• godson
• godbrother
• godsister

Translations

a child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent

Albanian: famull (sq) m, fijan m Armenian: սան (hy) (san), սանիկ (sanik) Bikol Central: pinangaki Bulgarian: кръщелник m (krǎštelnik) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: gudbarn n Dutch: petekind (nl) n Esperanto: baptogefilo Estonian: ristilaps Finnish: kummilapsi (fi) Galician: afillado (gl) m, afillada f Georgian: ნათლული (natluli) German: Patenkind (de) n Greek: βαφτισιμιός (el) m (vaftisimiós), αναδεκτός (el) m (anadektós), αναδεξιμιός (el) m (anadeximiós) Hungarian: keresztgyerek (hu), keresztgyermek (hu) Ido: baptofilio (io) Ingrian: ristilaps Latvian: krustbērns (lv) Macedonian: крштеник m (krštenik), кумче n (kumče) Portuguese: afilhado (pt) m, afilhada (pt) f Romansch: figliol, figlioul Russian: кре́стник (ru) m (kréstnik), кре́стница (ru) f (kréstnica) Serbo-Croatian: kumče (sh) n Slovak: krstňa n Spanish: ahijado (es) m, ahijada (es) f Swedish: gudbarn (sv) n Tagalog: inaanak Volapük: spönäb (vo) m or f, hispönäb m, jispönäb f; spönacil m or f, spönahicil m, spönajicil f

Further reading

• Godparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dog-child