"godmother" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɒdmʌðə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-godmother.wav Forms: godmothers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English godmoder, from Old English godmōdor (“godmother”), equivalent to god- + mother. Cognate with Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), Danish gudmor (“godmother”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|godmoder}} Middle English godmoder, {{inh|en|ang|godmōdor|t=godmother}} Old English godmōdor (“godmother”), {{pre|en|god|mother}} god- + mother, {{cog|goh|gotmuoter|t=godmother}} Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), {{cog|non|guðmóðir|t=godmother}} Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), {{cog|is|guðmóður|t=godmother}} Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), {{cog|sv|gudmoder|t=godmother}} Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), {{cog|da|gudmor|t=godmother}} Danish gudmor (“godmother”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} godmother (plural godmothers)
  1. A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child. Categories (topical): Christianity, Female family members Synonyms: co-mother, cummer Hypernyms: godparent Derived forms: faerie godmother, fairy godmother, horse-godmother Related terms: godfather, godchild, goddaughter, godsib, godson Translations (woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner): عَرَّابَة (ʕarrāba) [feminine] (Arabic), إِشْبِينَة (ʔišbīna) [feminine] (Arabic), կնքամայր (knkʻamayr) (Armenian), madrina [feminine] (Asturian), amabitxi (Basque), хро́сная ма́ці (xrósnaja máci) [feminine] (Belarusian), хро́сная (xrósnaja) [feminine] (Belarusian), кръ́стница (krǎ́stnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), padrina [feminine] (Catalan), padrina (Chavacano), 乾娘 (Chinese Mandarin), 干娘 (gānniáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 教母 (jiàomǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kmotra [feminine] (Czech), gudmor [common-gender] (Danish), gudmoder [common-gender] (Danish), meter [feminine] (Dutch), baptopatrino (Esperanto), kummitäti (Finnish), marraine [feminine] (French), madriña [feminine] (Galician), ნათლიდედა (natlideda) (Georgian), ნათლია (natlia) [neuter] (Georgian), Patin [feminine] (German), Patentante [feminine] (German), Taufpatin [feminine] (German), Gotte [Alemannic, Swiss, feminine] (German), Firmgodl [Austrian, feminine] (German), Firmpatin [feminine] (German), Godel [South-German, feminine] (German), Godl [Austrian, Bavarian, feminine] (German), Gote [feminine, regional] (German), Taufgodl [Austrian, feminine] (German), Gevatterin [feminine] (German), νονά (noná) [feminine] (Greek), keresztanya (Hungarian), baptomatro (Ido), ibu baptis (Indonesian), naiskooma (Ingrian), maattuška (Ingrian), مادَرْخوانْدِه (mâdarxânde) (Iranian Persian), مادَرَنْدَر (mâdarandar) (Iranian Persian), máthair bhaistí [feminine] (Irish), comare (english: godmother of one's child) [feminine] (Italian), madrina (english: one's own godmother) [feminine] (Italian), 教母 (kyōbo) (alt: きょうぼ) (Japanese), 代母 (daibo) (alt: だいぼ) (Japanese), nini among (Javanese), 대모 (daemo) (alt: 代母) (Korean), matrina [feminine] (Latin), krustmāte (Latvian), kmótša [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), кума (kuma) [feminine] (Macedonian), manhangawa (Nheengatu), mârraine [feminine] (Norman), gudmor [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gudmor [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mairina [feminine] (Occitan), federă [feminine] (Polabian), matka chrzestna (Polish), chrzestna [feminine] (Polish), madrinha (english: reflects the relationship to the baptized child) [feminine] (Portuguese), comadre (english: reflects the relationship to the parents of the baptized child, not to the child) [feminine] (Portuguese), nașă [feminine] (Romanian), nună [feminine] (Romanian), madritscha [feminine] (Romansch), madretscha [feminine] (Romansch), крёстная мать (krjóstnaja matʹ) [feminine] (Russian), крёстная (krjóstnaja) [feminine] (Russian), muime [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), màthair-bhaiste [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), bana-ghoistidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ку́ма [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kúma [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cummari (english: godmother of one's child) [feminine, plural, singular] (Sicilian), parrina (english: one's own godmother) [feminine] (Sicilian), krstná mama (english: reflects the relationship to the baptized child) [feminine] (Slovak), kmotra (english: reflects the relationship to the parents of the baptized child, not to the child) [feminine] (Slovak), botra [feminine] (Slovene), madrina [feminine] (Spanish), comadre [feminine] (Spanish), gudmor [common-gender] (Swedish), gudmoder [common-gender] (Swedish), inaama (Tagalog), ninang (Tagalog), madrina (Tagalog), модархонди таъмидӣ (modarxond-i taʾmidi) (Tajik), kumàyliʼína (Taos), แม่ทูนหัว (mɛ̂ɛ-tuun-hǔua) (Thai), แม่อุปถัมภ์ (mɛ̂ɛ-ù-bpà-tǎm) (Thai), хреще́на ма́ти (xreščéna máty) [feminine] (Ukrainian), хреще́на (xreščéna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), хре́сна ма́ти (xrésna máty) [feminine] (Ukrainian), хре́сна (xrésna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mẹ đỡ đầu (Vietnamese), spönan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), jispönan [feminine] (Volapük), mam fedydd [feminine] (Welsh)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɒdmʌðə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-godmother.wav Forms: godmothers [present, singular, third-person], godmothering [participle, present], godmothered [participle, past], godmothered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English godmoder, from Old English godmōdor (“godmother”), equivalent to god- + mother. Cognate with Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), Danish gudmor (“godmother”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|godmoder}} Middle English godmoder, {{inh|en|ang|godmōdor|t=godmother}} Old English godmōdor (“godmother”), {{pre|en|god|mother}} god- + mother, {{cog|goh|gotmuoter|t=godmother}} Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), {{cog|non|guðmóðir|t=godmother}} Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), {{cog|is|guðmóður|t=godmother}} Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), {{cog|sv|gudmoder|t=godmother}} Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), {{cog|da|gudmor|t=godmother}} Danish gudmor (“godmother”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} godmother (third-person singular simple present godmothers, present participle godmothering, simple past and past participle godmothered)
  1. (transitive) To act as godmother to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-godmother-en-verb-bkpmaPFY

Inflected forms

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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Thai translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Volapük translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "en:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "en:Female family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Female people",
            "Family",
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "faerie godmother"
        },
        {
          "word": "fairy godmother"
        },
        {
          "word": "horse-godmother"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "godparent"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-godmother-en-noun-Jq-478dW",
      "links": [
        [
          "christening",
          "christening"
        ],
        [
          "Christian",
          "Christian"
        ],
        [
          "godparent",
          "godparent"
        ],
        [
          "baptism",
          "baptism"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "godfather"
        },
        {
          "word": "godchild"
        },
        {
          "word": "goddaughter"
        },
        {
          "word": "godsib"
        },
        {
          "word": "godson"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "co-mother"
        },
        {
          "word": "cummer"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕarrāba",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "عَرَّابَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔišbīna",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "إِشْبِينَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "knkʻamayr",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "կնքամայր"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madrina"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "amabitxi"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "xrósnaja máci",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "хро́сная ма́ці"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "xrósnaja",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "хро́сная"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "krǎ́stnica",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кръ́стница"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "padrina"
        },
        {
          "code": "cbk",
          "lang": "Chavacano",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "padrina"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "乾娘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gānniáng",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "干娘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiàomǔ",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "教母"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kmotra"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gudmor"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gudmoder"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "meter"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "baptopatrino"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "kummitäti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "marraine"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madriña"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "natlideda",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "ნათლიდედა"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "natlia",
          "sense": "woman 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": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Patin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Patentante"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Taufpatin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic",
            "Swiss",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gotte"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Austrian",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Firmgodl"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Firmpatin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "South-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Godel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Austrian",
            "Bavarian",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Godl"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "Gote"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Austrian",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Taufgodl"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gevatterin"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "noná",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "νονά"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "keresztanya"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "baptomatro"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "ibu baptis"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "naiskooma"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "maattuška"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "máthair bhaistí"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "english": "godmother of one's child",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "comare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "english": "one's own godmother",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madrina"
        },
        {
          "alt": "きょうぼ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōbo",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "教母"
        },
        {
          "alt": "だいぼ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daibo",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "代母"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "nini among"
        },
        {
          "alt": "代母",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daemo",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "대모"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "matrina"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "krustmāte"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kuma",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кума"
        },
        {
          "code": "yrl",
          "lang": "Nheengatu",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "manhangawa"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mârraine"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gudmor"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gudmor"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mairina"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "mâdarxânde",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "مادَرْخوانْدِه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "mâdarandar",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "مادَرَنْدَر"
        },
        {
          "code": "pox",
          "lang": "Polabian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "federă"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "matka chrzestna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chrzestna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "reflects the relationship to the baptized child",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madrinha"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "reflects the relationship to the parents of the baptized child, not to the child",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "comadre"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nașă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nună"
        },
        {
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madritscha"
        },
        {
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madretscha"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krjóstnaja matʹ",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крёстная мать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krjóstnaja",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крёстная"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "muime"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "màthair-bhaiste"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bana-ghoistidh"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ку́ма"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kúma"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "english": "godmother of one's child",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural",
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "cummari"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "english": "one's own godmother",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "parrina"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "english": "reflects the relationship to the baptized child",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krstná mama"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "english": "reflects the relationship to the parents of the baptized child, not to the child",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kmotra"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "botra"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kmótša"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "madrina"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "roman": "modarxond-i taʾmidi",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "модархонди таъмидӣ"
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          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "kumàyliʼína"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "mɛ̂ɛ-tuun-hǔua",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "แม่ทูนหัว"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "mɛ̂ɛ-ù-bpà-tǎm",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "word": "แม่อุปถัมภ์"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xreščéna máty",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
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          "word": "хреще́на ма́ти"
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          "roman": "xreščéna",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
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          "word": "хреще́на"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "xrésna máty",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "хре́сна ма́ти"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "word": "mẹ đỡ đầu"
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          "code": "vo",
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
          "tags": [
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        }
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      ],
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      "word": "amabitxi"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "хро́сная"
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      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кръ́стница"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "padrina"
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    {
      "code": "cbk",
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      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "padrina"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "乾娘"
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      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "干娘"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "教母"
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      "word": "kmotra"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
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      "word": "gudmoder"
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      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "meter"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "baptopatrino"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "kummitäti"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "marraine"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "madriña"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "natlideda",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "ნათლიდედა"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "natlia",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ნათლია"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Patin"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Patentante"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Taufpatin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Gotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Austrian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Firmgodl"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Firmpatin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "South-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Godel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Austrian",
        "Bavarian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Godl"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "Gote"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Austrian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Taufgodl"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gevatterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "noná",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νονά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "keresztanya"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "baptomatro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "ibu baptis"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "naiskooma"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "maattuška"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "máthair bhaistí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "godmother of one's child",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "one's own godmother",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madrina"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōbo",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "教母"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daibo",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "代母"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "nini among"
    },
    {
      "alt": "代母",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daemo",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "대모"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "krustmāte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kuma",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кума"
    },
    {
      "code": "yrl",
      "lang": "Nheengatu",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "manhangawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mârraine"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gudmor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gudmor"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mairina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "mâdarxânde",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "مادَرْخوانْدِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "mâdarandar",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "مادَرَنْدَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pox",
      "lang": "Polabian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "federă"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "matka chrzestna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chrzestna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "reflects the relationship to the baptized child",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madrinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "reflects the relationship to the parents of the baptized child, not to the child",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comadre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nașă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nună"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madritscha"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madretscha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krjóstnaja matʹ",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крёстная мать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krjóstnaja",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крёстная"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muime"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "màthair-bhaiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bana-ghoistidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ку́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kúma"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "english": "godmother of one's child",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "cummari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "english": "one's own godmother",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "english": "reflects the relationship to the baptized child",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krstná mama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "english": "reflects the relationship to the parents of the baptized child, not to the child",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kmotra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "botra"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kmótša"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comadre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gudmor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gudmoder"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "woman 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": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "ninang"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "madrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "modarxond-i taʾmidi",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "модархонди таъмидӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "kumàyliʼína"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mɛ̂ɛ-tuun-hǔua",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "แม่ทูนหัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mɛ̂ɛ-ù-bpà-tǎm",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "แม่อุปถัมภ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xreščéna máty",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хреще́на ма́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xreščéna",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хреще́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xrésna máty",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хре́сна ма́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xrésna",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хре́сна"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "word": "mẹ đỡ đầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jispönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mam fedydd"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay:",
          "text": "The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act as godmother to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "godmother",
          "godmother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To act as godmother to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɒdmʌðə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "godmother"
}

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