godchild

godchild

See also: god-child

English

Noun

godchild (plural godchildren)

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

   Mary stood as godmother for little Emily, her godchild.

Synonyms

• godkid

Related terms

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

Translations

a child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent

Albanian: famull (sq) m, fijan m Armenian: սան (hy) (san), սանիկ (sanik) Bulgarian: кръщелник m (krǎštelnik) Danish: gudbarn n Dutch: petekind (nl) n Esperanto: baptogefilo Estonian: ristilaps Finnish: kummilapsi (fi) Georgian: ნათლული (natluli) German: Patenkind (de) n Greek: βαφτισιμιός (el) m (vaftisimiós) Ido: baptofilio (io)

Latvian: krustbērns (lv) Macedonian: крштеник m (k'rštenik), кумче n (kúmče) Portuguese: afilhado (pt) m, afilhada (pt) f Romansch: figliol, figlioul Russian: кре́стник (ru) m (kréstnik), кре́стница (ru) f (kréstnica) Serbo-Croatian: kumče (sh) n Slovak: krstňa n Spanish: ahijado (es) m, ahijada (es) f Swedish: gudbarn n Tagalog: inaanak Volapük: (♂♀) spönäb (vo), (♂) hispönäb, (♀) jispönäb, (♂♀) spönacil, (♂) spönahicil, (♀) spönajicil

Further reading

• Godparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dog-child