godmother

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdmʌðə/
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• CMU ARPABET: G AA1 D M AH2 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَرَّابَة (ʕarrāba) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Arabic: إِشْبِينَة (ʔišbīna) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Armenian: կնքամայր (knkʻamayr) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Asturian: madrina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Basque: amabitxi — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Belarusian: хро́сная ма́ці (xrósnaja máci) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Belarusian: хро́сная (xrósnaja) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Bulgarian: кръ́стница (krǎ́stnica) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Catalan: padrina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Chavacano: padrina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 乾娘 /干娘 (gānniáng) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 教母 (jiàomǔ) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Czech: kmotra — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Danish: gudmor — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Danish: gudmoder — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Dutch: meter — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Esperanto: baptopatrino — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Finnish: kummitäti — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• French: marraine — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Galician: madriña — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Georgian: ნათლიდედა (natlideda) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Georgian: ნათლია (natlia) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Patin — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Patentante — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Taufpatin — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Gotte — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Firmgodl — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Firmpatin — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Godel — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Godl — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Gote — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Taufgodl — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• German: Gevatterin — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Greek: νονά (noná) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Hungarian: keresztanya — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ido: baptomatro — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Indonesian: ibu baptis — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Indonesian: ibu permandian — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ingrian: naiskooma — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ingrian: maattuška — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Irish: máthair bhaistí — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Italian: comare — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Italian: madrina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Japanese: 教母 (kyōbo) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Japanese: 代母 (daibo) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Javanese: nini among — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Korean: 대모 (daemo) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Latin: matrina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Latvian: krustmāte — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Macedonian: кума (kuma) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Nheengatu: manhangawa — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norman: mârraine — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norwegian Bokmål: gudmor — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gudmor — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Occitan: mairina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Iranian Persian: مادَرْخوانْدِه (mâdarxânde) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Iranian Persian: مادَرَنْدَر (mâdarandar) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Polabian: federă — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Polish: matka chrzestna — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Polish: chrzestna — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Portuguese: madrinha — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Portuguese: comadre — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Romanian: nașă — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Romanian: nună — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Romansh: madritscha — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Romansh: madretscha — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Russian: крёстная мать (krjóstnaja matʹ) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Russian: крёстная (krjóstnaja) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Scottish Gaelic: muime — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Scottish Gaelic: màthair-bhaiste — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Scottish Gaelic: bana-ghoistidh — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Serbo-Croatian: ку́ма — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Serbo-Croatian: kúma — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Sicilian: cummari — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Sicilian: parrina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Slovak: krstná mama — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Slovak: kmotra — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Slovene: botra — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Lower Sorbian: kmótša — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Spanish: madrina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Spanish: comadre — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Swedish: gudmor — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Swedish: gudmoder — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Tagalog: inaama — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Tagalog: ninang — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Tagalog: madrina — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Tajik: модархонди таъмидӣ (modarxond-i ta'midi) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Taos: kumàyliʼína — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Thai: แม่ทูนหัว (mɛ̂ɛ-tuun-hǔua) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Thai: แม่อุปถัมภ์ (mɛ̂ɛ-ù-bpà-tǎm) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Udmurt: киросанай (kirosanaj) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ukrainian: хреще́на ма́ти (xreščéna máty) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ukrainian: хреще́на (xreščéna) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ukrainian: хре́сна ма́ти (xrésna máty) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Ukrainian: хре́сна (xrésna) — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Vietnamese: mẹ đỡ đầu — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Volapük: spönan — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Volapük: jispönan — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner
• Welsh: mam fedydd — woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner