goddaughter

English

Etymology

From Middle English goddoghter, goddoȝter, from Old English goddohtor (“goddaughter”), equivalent to god- +‎ daughter. Cognate with Danish guddatter (“goddaughter”), Swedish guddotter (“goddaughter”), Icelandic guðdóttir (“goddaughter”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑdˌdɔ.tɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdˌdɔːtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

goddaughter (plural goddaughters)

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

Related terms

• godchild
• godfather
• godmother
• godparent
• godson

Translations

female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent

• Asturian: afiada (ast) f
• Belarusian: хро́сніца f (xrósnica), хро́сная дачка́ f (xrósnaja dačká), хрэ́сніца f (xrésnica)
• Catalan: fillola (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 教女

• Danish: guddatter
• Dutch: peetdochter (nl) f
• Esperanto: baptofilino
• Estonian: ristitütar
• Finnish: kummitytär
• French: filleule (fr)
• German: Patentochter f
• Greek: βαφτισιμιά (el) f (vaftisimiá), αναδεκτή (el) f (anadektí), αναδεξιμιά (el) f (anadeximiá)
• Hungarian: keresztlány (hu)
• Ido: baptofiliino
• Italian: figlioccia f
• Latvian: krustmeita
• Nheengatu: ayerangawa (man's), membirangawa (woman's)
• Norman: filieuthe f (Jersey)
• Polish: chrześniaczka (pl) f, chrześnica (pl) f
• Portuguese: afilhada (pt) f
• Romanian: fină (ro) f
• Russian: крёстная дочь f (krjóstnaja dočʹ), кре́стница (ru) f (kréstnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-dalta-baistidh f, daltag f
• Slovak: krstná dcéra f
• Spanish: ahijada (es) f
• Swedish: guddotter (sv) c
• Ukrainian: хреще́ниця f (xreščénycja), хреще́на дочка́ f (xreščéna dočká), похре́сниця f (poxrésnycja), хрище́ниця f (xryščénycja) (rare)
• Volapük: jispönäb

Further reading

• Godparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia