godson

godson

English

Etymology

From Middle English godsone, gossone, from Old English godsunu (“godson”), equivalent to god +‎ son. Cognate with Danish gudsøn (“godson”), Swedish gudson (“godson”), Icelandic guðsonur (“godson”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑdˌsʌn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdˌsʌn/

• Audio (southern England)

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Noun

godson (plural godsons)

1. A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Related terms

• godchild
• goddaughter
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent

Translations

Male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Albanian: famull (sq) m Asturian: afiáu (ast) m Belarusian: хро́снік m (xrósnik), хро́сны сын m (xrósny syn), хрэ́снік m (xrésnik) Catalan: fillol (ca) m Danish: gudsøn Esperanto: baptofilo Estonian: ristipoeg Finnish: kummipoika (fi) French: filleul (fr) m Friulian: fioç m Galician: afillado (gl) m Greek: βαφτισιμιός (el) m (vaftisimiós), αναδεκτός (el) m (anadektós), αναδεξιμιός (el) m (anadeximiós) Hungarian: keresztfia Ido: baptofiliulo (io) Irish: mac baistí m Italian: figlioccio (it) m Latvian: krustdēls Middle English: godsone Norman: filieu m Polish: chrześniak (pl) m Portuguese: afilhado (pt) Romanian: fin (ro) m Romansch: figliol m, figlioul m Russian: крёстный сын m (krjóstnyj syn), кре́стник (ru) m (kréstnik) Scottish Gaelic: daltan m Slovak: krstný syn m Spanish: ahijado (es) m Swedish: gudson (sv) c Tagalog: anak na lalaki sa binyag Ukrainian: хреще́ник m (xreščényk), хреще́ний син m (xreščényj syn), похре́сник m (poxrésnyk), хрище́ник m (xryščényk) (rare) Venetian: fioso m, fioço m, fioç m, fiozho m Volapük: hispönäb Welsh: mab bedydd m

Further reading

• Godparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle English

Noun

godson

1. Alternative form of godsone