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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɑdfɑðɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɡɒdfɑːðə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-godfather.ogg Forms: godfathers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English godfader, from Old English godfæder (“godfather”), equivalent to god- + father. Cognate with Old Saxon godfadar (“godfather”), Middle Dutch godvader (“godfather”), Danish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Swedish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Icelandic guðfaðir (“godfather”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|godfader}} Middle English godfader, {{inh|en|ang|godfæder||godfather}} Old English godfæder (“godfather”), {{pre|en|god|father}} god- + father, {{cog|osx|godfadar||godfather}} Old Saxon godfadar (“godfather”), {{cog|dum|godvader||godfather}} Middle Dutch godvader (“godfather”), {{cog|da|gudfader}} Danish gudfader, {{cog|sv|gudfader}} Swedish gudfader, {{cog|is|guðfaðir||godfather}} Icelandic guðfaðir (“godfather”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} godfather (plural godfathers)
  1. (Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child. Categories (topical): Christianity, Christianity, People Translations (man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner): عَرَّاب (ʕarrāb) [masculine] (Arabic), إِشْبِين (ʔišbīn) [masculine] (Arabic), شِبِين (šibīn) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), կնքահայր (knkʻahayr) (Armenian), քավոր (kʻavor) [dialectal] (Armenian), padrín [masculine] (Asturian), kirvə (Azerbaijani), xaç atası (Azerbaijani), aitabitxi (Basque), хро́сны ба́цька (xrósny bácʹka) [masculine] (Belarusian), хро́сны (xrósny) [masculine] (Belarusian), кръ́стник (krǎ́stnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), padrí [masculine] (Catalan), padrino (Chavacano), 乾爹 /干爹 (gāndiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 代父 (dàifù) (Chinese Mandarin), kmotr [masculine] (Czech), fadder [common-gender, feminine, masculine] (Danish), gudfar [common-gender] (Danish), gudfader [archaic, common-gender] (Danish), peter [masculine] (Dutch), gevader [masculine] (Dutch), baptopatro (Esperanto), kummisetä (Finnish), parrain [masculine] (French), padriño [masculine] (Galician), compadre [masculine] (Galician), ნათლიმამა (natlimama) (Georgian), ნათლია (natlia) [neuter] (Georgian), Pate [masculine] (German), Firmpate [masculine] (German), Patenonkel [masculine] (German), Götti [Alemannic, Swiss, masculine] (German), Taufpate [masculine] (German), Gevatter [masculine] (German), Taufzeuge [masculine] (German), Gote [masculine, regional] (German), Göd [Austrian, Bavarian, masculine] (German), Taufgöd [Austrian, masculine] (German), Firmgöd [Austrian, masculine] (German), νονός (nonós) [masculine] (Greek), סנדק (sandak) [masculine] (Hebrew), keresztapa (Hungarian), baptopatro (Ido), bapak baptis (Indonesian), meeskooma (Ingrian), پِدَرْخوانْدِه (pedarxânde) (Iranian Persian), athair baistí [masculine] (Irish), oide baistí [masculine] (Irish), compare (english: godfather of one's child) [masculine] (Italian), padrino (english: one's own godfather) [masculine] (Italian), 代父 (daifu) (alt: だいふ) (Japanese), 教父 (kyōfu) (alt: きょうふ) (Japanese), ゴッドファーザー (goddofāzā) (Japanese), 名付け親 (alt: なづけおや nazukeoya) (Japanese), kaki among (Javanese), 대부 (daebu) (alt: 代父) (Korean), patrinus [masculine] (Latin), susceptorus (Latin), krusttēvs (Latvian), kmótš [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), кум (kum) [masculine] (Macedonian), payangawa (Nheengatu), gudfar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fadder [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dåpsvitne [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), gudfar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fadder [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dåpsvitne [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pairin [masculine] (Occitan), ଧର୍ମ ବାପା (dharma bāpā) (Odia), ojciec chrzestny [masculine] (Polish), chrzestny [masculine] (Polish), padrinho [masculine] (Portuguese), naș [masculine] (Romanian), nun [masculine] (Romanian), padrin [masculine] (Romansch), padregn [masculine] (Romansch), крёстный оте́ц (krjóstnyj otéc) [masculine] (Russian), крёстный (krjóstnyj) [masculine] (Russian), godfaither (Scots), athair-baistidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), goistidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ку̑м [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kȗm [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cumpari (english: godfather of one's child) [masculine, plural, singular] (Sicilian), padrinu (english: one's own godfather) [masculine] (Sicilian), krstný otec (english: reflects his relationship to the baptized child) [masculine] (Slovak), kmotor (english: reflects his relationship to the parents of the baptized child) [masculine] (Slovak), boter [masculine] (Slovene), padrino [masculine] (Spanish), gudfar [common-gender] (Swedish), gudfader [common-gender] (Swedish), fadder [common-gender] (Swedish), inaama (Tagalog), ninong (Tagalog), padrino (Tagalog), падархонди таъмидӣ (padarxond-i taʾmidi) (Tajik), kumpàyliʼína (Taos), พ่อทูนหัว (pɔ̂ɔ-tuun-hǔua) (Thai), พ่ออุปถัมภ์ (pɔ̂ɔ-ù-bpà-tǎm) (Thai), vaftiz baba (Turkish), kirve (Turkish), хреще́ний ба́тько (xreščényj bátʹko) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хреще́ний (xreščényj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хре́сний ба́тько (xrésnyj bátʹko) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хре́сний (xrésnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cha đỡ đầu (Vietnamese), hispönan (Volapük), tad bedydd [masculine] (Welsh), kelussnaq (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-godfather-en-noun-pgKs5zTM Disambiguation of Christianity: 60 2 4 34 1 Disambiguation of People: 39 28 0 1 31 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner': 93 4 0 2
  2. (figurative) Someone who plays a key role in fostering the development of something. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-godfather-en-noun-ngS0o1so
  3. (crime) A mafia leader. Categories (topical): Crime Translations (mafia leader): mafiya babası (Azerbaijani), vorzakon (Azerbaijani), кръ́стник (krǎ́stnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kmotr [masculine] (Czech), baptopatro (Esperanto), kummisetä (Finnish), parrain [masculine] (French), Pate [masculine] (German), νονός (nonós) [masculine] (Greek), keresztapa (Hungarian), padrone [masculine] (Italian), 親分 (oyabun) (alt: おやぶん) (Japanese), кум (kum) [masculine] (Macedonian), ojciec chrzestny [masculine] (Polish), padrinho [masculine] (Portuguese), naș [masculine] (Romanian), крёстный оте́ц (krjóstnyj otéc) [masculine] (Russian), ку̑м [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kȗm [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gudfader [common-gender] (Swedish), เจ้าพ่อ (jâao-pɔ̂ɔ) (Thai), mafya babası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-godfather-en-noun-uYr-0KL- Disambiguation of 'mafia leader': 1 0 98 1
  4. A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post. Categories (topical): Leaders, Male family members, Stock characters
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: godparent Derived forms: godfatherhood, godfatherism, godfatherless, godfatherlike, godfatherly, twelve godfathers Related terms: godchild, goddaughter, godmother, godparent, godsib, godson

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɑdfɑðɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɡɒdfɑːðə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-godfather.ogg Forms: godfathers [present, singular, third-person], godfathering [participle, present], godfathered [participle, past], godfathered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English godfader, from Old English godfæder (“godfather”), equivalent to god- + father. Cognate with Old Saxon godfadar (“godfather”), Middle Dutch godvader (“godfather”), Danish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Swedish gudfader, gudfar (“godfather”), Icelandic guðfaðir (“godfather”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|godfader}} Middle English godfader, {{inh|en|ang|godfæder||godfather}} Old English godfæder (“godfather”), {{pre|en|god|father}} god- + father, {{cog|osx|godfadar||godfather}} Old Saxon godfadar (“godfather”), {{cog|dum|godvader||godfather}} Middle Dutch godvader (“godfather”), {{cog|da|gudfader}} Danish gudfader, {{cog|sv|gudfader}} Swedish gudfader, {{cog|is|guðfaðir||godfather}} Icelandic guðfaðir (“godfather”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} godfather (third-person singular simple present godfathers, present participle godfathering, simple past and past participle godfathered)
  1. (transitive, often figuratively) To act as godfather or guardian to. Tags: figuratively, often, transitive
    Sense id: en-godfather-en-verb-WSgqPGKo

Inflected forms

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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "4": "godfather"
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      "expansion": "Middle Dutch godvader (“godfather”)",
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        "A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child."
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        ],
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        [
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        [
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        "(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child."
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          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "ʕarrāb",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "عَرَّاب"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "ʔišbīn",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "إِشْبِين"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "arz",
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          "roman": "šibīn",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شِبِين"
        },
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "knkʻahayr",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "կնքահայր"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kʻavor",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "քավոր"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padrín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "kirvə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "xaç atası"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "aitabitxi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "xrósny bácʹka",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хро́сны ба́цька"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "xrósny",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хро́сны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "krǎ́stnik",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кръ́стник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padrí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "cbk",
          "lang": "Chavacano",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "padrino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gāndiē",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "乾爹 /干爹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàifù",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "代父"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kmotr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fadder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gudfar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gudfader"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "peter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gevader"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "baptopatro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "kummisetä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "parrain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padriño"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "compadre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "natlimama",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "ნათლიმამა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "natlia",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ნათლია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Pate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Firmpate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Patenonkel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic",
            "Swiss",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Götti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Taufpate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gevatter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Taufzeuge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Gote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Austrian",
            "Bavarian",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Göd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Austrian",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Taufgöd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Austrian",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Firmgöd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "nonós",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "νονός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sandak",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "סנדק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "keresztapa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "baptopatro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "bapak baptis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "meeskooma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "athair baistí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oide baistí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "it",
          "english": "godfather of one's child",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "compare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "it",
          "english": "one's own godfather",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padrino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "alt": "だいふ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daifu",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "代父"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "alt": "きょうふ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōfu",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "教父"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "goddofāzā",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "ゴッドファーザー"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "alt": "なづけおや nazukeoya",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "名付け親"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "kaki among"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "alt": "代父",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daebu",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "대부"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "patrinus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "susceptorus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "krusttēvs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kum",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "yrl",
          "lang": "Nheengatu",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "payangawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gudfar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fadder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dåpsvitne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gudfar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fadder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dåpsvitne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pairin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "dharma bāpā",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "ଧର୍ମ ବାପା"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "pedarxânde",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "پِدَرْخوانْدِه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ojciec chrzestny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chrzestny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padrinho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "naș"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padrin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padregn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krjóstnyj otéc",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "крёстный оте́ц"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krjóstnyj",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "крёстный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "godfaither"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "athair-baistidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "goistidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ку̑м"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kȗm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "scn",
          "english": "godfather of one's child",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "cumpari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "scn",
          "english": "one's own godfather",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padrinu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "english": "reflects his relationship to the baptized child",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "krstný otec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "english": "reflects his relationship to the parents of the baptized child",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kmotor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kmótš"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padrino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gudfar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gudfader"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fadder"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "natlimama",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "ნათლიმამა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "natlia",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ნათლია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pate"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Firmpate"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Patenonkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic",
        "Swiss",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Götti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Taufpate"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gevatter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Taufzeuge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "Gote"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Austrian",
        "Bavarian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Göd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Austrian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Taufgöd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Austrian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Firmgöd"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nonós",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νονός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sandak",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סנדק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "keresztapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "baptopatro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "bapak baptis"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "meeskooma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "athair baistí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oide baistí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "godfather of one's child",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "one's own godfather",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padrino"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daifu",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "代父"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōfu",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "教父"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "goddofāzā",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "ゴッドファーザー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なづけおや nazukeoya",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "名付け親"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "kaki among"
    },
    {
      "alt": "代父",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daebu",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "대부"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patrinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "susceptorus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "krusttēvs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kum",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кум"
    },
    {
      "code": "yrl",
      "lang": "Nheengatu",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "payangawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gudfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fadder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dåpsvitne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gudfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fadder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dåpsvitne"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pairin"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "dharma bāpā",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "ଧର୍ମ ବାପା"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "pedarxânde",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "پِدَرْخوانْدِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ojciec chrzestny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chrzestny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padrinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nun"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padrin"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padregn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krjóstnyj otéc",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крёстный оте́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krjóstnyj",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крёстный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "godfaither"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "athair-baistidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goistidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ку̑м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kȗm"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "english": "godfather of one's child",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "cumpari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "english": "one's own godfather",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padrinu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "english": "reflects his relationship to the baptized child",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krstný otec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "english": "reflects his relationship to the parents of the baptized child",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kmotor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boter"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kmótš"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padrino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gudfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gudfader"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fadder"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "inaama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "ninong"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "padrino"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "padarxond-i taʾmidi",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "падархонди таъмидӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "kumpàyliʼína"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pɔ̂ɔ-tuun-hǔua",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "พ่อทูนหัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pɔ̂ɔ-ù-bpà-tǎm",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "พ่ออุปถัมภ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "vaftiz baba"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "kirve"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xreščényj bátʹko",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хреще́ний ба́тько"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xreščényj",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хреще́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xrésnyj bátʹko",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хре́сний ба́тько"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xrésnyj",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хре́сний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "cha đỡ đầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "hispönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tad bedydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "kelussnaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "word": "mafiya babası"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "word": "vorzakon"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krǎ́stnik",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кръ́стник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kmotr"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "word": "baptopatro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "word": "kummisetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parrain"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pate"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nonós",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νονός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "word": "keresztapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padrone"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おやぶん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oyabun",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "word": "親分"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kum",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кум"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ojciec chrzestny"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "mafia leader",
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      "word": "padrinho"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "naș"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krjóstnyj otéc",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "крёстный оте́ц"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ку̑м"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
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      "word": "gudfader"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jâao-pɔ̂ɔ",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "word": "เจ้าพ่อ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mafia leader",
      "word": "mafya babası"
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          "ref": "1996, Ann Lane, The Rise and Fall of the Grand Alliance, 1941–45, page 61:",
          "text": "Hull objected violently that aid had not been used to extract commitments on postwar economic policy; the joint chiefs had wanted bases; others in the military still wanted Britain to play only a minor, if any, role in the Pacific; and they were all apparently angry at the Treasury for godfathering the Quebec Agreement.",
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          "ref": "2006, Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture, page 5:",
          "text": "But months before, he'd agreed to godfather the premiere of The Godfather.",
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          "ref": "2007 August 3, John F. Burns, “At Hussein Grave, Legend Lives as Fury Simmers”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The grave site, humble as it is, reflects something more than a hometown’s determination to honor a fallen son, something that seems irreducible in the politics of Iraq: the refusal of the Sunni minority, who ruled Iraq for centuries until Mr. Hussein’s overthrow, to reconcile themselves to the assumption of power by the Shiite majority who won elections godfathered by the American occupation authority.",
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        "(transitive, often figuratively) To act as godfather or guardian to."
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