godfather

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• General-American: /ˈɡɑdfɑðɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdfɑːðə/
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• CMU ARPABET: G AA1 D F AA2 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: nún — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Albanian: núni — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Arabic: عَرَّاب (ʕarrāb) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Arabic: إِشْبِين (ʔišbīn) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Arabic: شِبِين (šibīn) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Armenian: կնքահայր (knkʻahayr) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Armenian: քավոր (kʻavor) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Asturian: padrín — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Azerbaijani: kirvə — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Azerbaijani: xaç atası — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Basque: aitabitxi — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Belarusian: хро́сны ба́цька (xrósny bácʹka) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Belarusian: хро́сны (xrósny) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Bulgarian: кръ́стник (krǎ́stnik) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Catalan: padrí — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Chavacano: padrino — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 乾爹 /干爹 (gāndiē) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 代父 (dàifù) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Czech: kmotr — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Danish: fadder — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Danish: gudfar — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Danish: gudfader — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Dutch: peter — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Dutch: gevader — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Esperanto: baptopatro — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Finnish: kummisetä — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• French: parrain — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Galician: padriño — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Galician: compadre — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Georgian: ნათლიმამა (natlimama) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Georgian: ნათლია (natlia) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Pate — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Firmpate — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Patenonkel — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Götti — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Taufpate — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Gevatter — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Taufzeuge — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Gote — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Göd — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Taufgöd — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Firmgöd — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Greek: νονός (nonós) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Hebrew: סנדק (sandak) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Hungarian: keresztapa — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ido: baptopatro — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Indonesian: bapak baptis — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Indonesian: ayah baptis — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ingrian: meeskooma — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Irish: athair baistí — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Irish: oide baistí — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Italian: compare — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Italian: padrino — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Japanese: 代父 (daifu) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Japanese: 教父 (kyōfu) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Japanese: ゴッドファーザー (goddofāzā) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Japanese: 名付け親 — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Javanese: kaki among — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Korean: 대부 (daebu) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Latin: patrinus — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Latin: susceptorus — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Latvian: krusttēvs — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Macedonian: кум (kum) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Nheengatu: payangawa — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norwegian Bokmål: gudfar — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norwegian Bokmål: fadder — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norwegian Bokmål: dåpsvitne — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gudfar — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fadder — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dåpsvitne — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Occitan: pairin — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Odia: ଧର୍ମ ବାପା (dharma bāpā) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Iranian Persian: پِدَرْخوانْدِه (pedarxânde) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Polish: ojciec chrzestny — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Polish: chrzestny — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Portuguese: padrinho — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Romanian: naș — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Romanian: nun — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Romansh: padrin — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Romansh: padregn — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Russian: крёстный оте́ц (krjóstnyj otéc) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Russian: крёстный (krjóstnyj) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Scots: godfaither — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Scottish Gaelic: athair-baistidh — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Scottish Gaelic: goistidh — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̑м — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Serbo-Croatian: kȗm — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Sicilian: cumpari — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Sicilian: padrinu — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Slovak: krstný otec — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Slovak: kmotor — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Slovene: boter — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Lower Sorbian: kmótš — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Spanish: padrino — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Swedish: gudfar — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Swedish: gudfader — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Swedish: fadder — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Tagalog: inaama — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Tagalog: ninong — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Tagalog: padrino — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Tajik: падархонди таъмидӣ (padarxond-i ta'midi) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Taos: kumpàyliʼína — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Thai: พ่อทูนหัว (pɔ̂ɔ-tuun-hǔua) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Thai: พ่ออุปถัมภ์ (pɔ̂ɔ-ù-bpà-tǎm) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Turkish: vaftiz baba — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Turkish: kirve — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Udmurt: киросатай (kirosataj) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ukrainian: хреще́ний ба́тько (xreščényj bátʹko) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ukrainian: хреще́ний (xreščényj) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ukrainian: хре́сний ба́тько (xrésnyj bátʹko) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ukrainian: хре́сний (xrésnyj) — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Vietnamese: cha đỡ đầu — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Volapük: hispönan — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Welsh: tad bedydd — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Yup'ik: kelussnaq — man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Polish: słupek — post used in repairing a fence
• Azerbaijani: mafiya babası — mafia leader
• Azerbaijani: vorzakon — mafia leader
• Bulgarian: кръ́стник (krǎ́stnik) — mafia leader
• Chinese Mandarin: 教父 (jiàofù) — mafia leader
• Czech: kmotr — mafia leader
• Esperanto: baptopatro — mafia leader
• Finnish: kummisetä — mafia leader
• French: parrain — mafia leader
• German: Pate — mafia leader
• Greek: νονός (nonós) — mafia leader
• Hungarian: keresztapa — mafia leader
• Italian: padrone — mafia leader
• Japanese: 親分 (oyabun) — mafia leader
• Macedonian: кум (kum) — mafia leader
• Polish: ojciec chrzestny — mafia leader
• Portuguese: padrinho — mafia leader
• Romanian: naș — mafia leader
• Russian: крёстный оте́ц (krjóstnyj otéc) — mafia leader
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̑м — mafia leader
• Serbo-Croatian: kȗm — mafia leader
• Spanish: padrino — mafia leader
• Swedish: gudfader — mafia leader
• Thai: เจ้าพ่อ (jâao-pɔ̂ɔ) — mafia leader
• Turkish: mafya babası — mafia leader