"godparent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: godparents [plural]
Etymology: From god- + parent, modelled after godfather, godmother, godsib, etc. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|god|parent}} god- + parent, {{m|en|godfather}} godfather, {{m|en|godmother}} godmother, {{m|en|godsib}} godsib Head templates: {{en-noun}} godparent (plural godparents)
  1. A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development. Wikipedia link: godparent Categories (topical): Family members, Religion Hyponyms: godfather, godmother Translations (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism): padrín [masculine] (Asturian), madrina [feminine] (Asturian), 乾爹 [masculine] (Chinese Mandarin), 干爹 (gāndiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 教父 (jiàofù) (Chinese Mandarin), 乾娘 [feminine] (Chinese Mandarin), 干娘 (gānniáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 教母 (jiàomǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), fadder (Danish), peetvader [masculine] (Dutch), peetmoeder [feminine] (Dutch), baptogepatro (Esperanto), ristivanem (Estonian), ristiisa [masculine] (Estonian), ristiema [feminine] (Estonian), vader (Estonian), kummi (Finnish), kummisetä (Finnish), kummitäti (Finnish), parrain [masculine] (French), marraine [feminine] (French), padriño [masculine] (Galician), ნათლია (natlia) [neuter] (Georgian), Pate [masculine] (German), Patin [feminine] (German), νονός (godfather) [masculine] (Greek), νονά (godmother) [feminine] (Greek), keresztszülő (Hungarian), baptogenitoro (Ido), kooma (Ingrian), cara as Críost [masculine] (Irish), 教父母 (kyōfubo) (alt: きょうふぼ) (Japanese), 名付け親 (nazukeoya) (alt: なづけおや) (Japanese), 代父母 (daifubo) (alt: だいふぼ) (Japanese), Pätter (Luxembourgish), кум (kum) [masculine] (Macedonian), fadder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dåpsvitne [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fadder [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dåpsvitne [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), godsibb [masculine] (Old English), chrzestny [masculine] (Polish), chrzestna [feminine] (Polish), padrinho [masculine] (Portuguese), madrinha [feminine] (Portuguese), naș [masculine] (Romanian), nașă [feminine] (Romanian), крёстный оте́ц (krjóstnyj otéc) [masculine] (Russian), крёстная мать (krjóstnaja matʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fadder [common-gender] (Swedish), хрещений батько (xreščenyj batʹko) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хрещена (alt: мати) [feminine] (Ukrainian), spönan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hispönan [masculine] (Volapük), jispönan [feminine] (Volapük), spönanef [collective, feminine, masculine] (Volapük)

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          "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
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          "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
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          "word": "крёстный оте́ц"
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          "roman": "krjóstnaja matʹ",
          "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
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          "word": "крёстная мать"
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      "word": "peetvader"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peetmoeder"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "baptogepatro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "ristivanem"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ristiisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ristiema"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "vader"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "kummi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "kummisetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "kummitäti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parrain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marraine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padriño"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "natlia",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ნათლია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pate"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Patin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "godfather",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νονός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "godmother",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νονά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "keresztszülő"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "baptogenitoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "kooma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cara as Críost"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうふぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōfubo",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "教父母"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なづけおや",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nazukeoya",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "名付け親"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいふぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daifubo",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "代父母"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "word": "Pätter"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kum",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кум"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fadder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dåpsvitne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fadder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dåpsvitne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "godsibb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chrzestny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chrzestna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padrinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madrinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nașă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krjóstnyj otéc",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крёстный оте́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krjóstnaja matʹ",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крёстная мать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fadder"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xreščenyj batʹko",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хрещений батько"
    },
    {
      "alt": "мати",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хрещена"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hispönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jispönan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spönanef"
    }
  ],
  "word": "godparent"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": nonós vs. godfather",
  "path": [
    "godparent"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "godparent",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": noná vs. godmother",
  "path": [
    "godparent"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "godparent",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": xreščena (maty) vs. мати",
  "path": [
    "godparent"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "godparent",
  "trace": ""
}

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