godchild

See also: god-child

English

god- +‎ child

godchild (plural godchildren)

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.

a child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent

Albanian: famull (sq) m, fijan m
Armenian: սան (hy) (san), սանիկ (sanik)
Bikol Central: pinangaki
Bulgarian: кръщелник m (krǎštelnik)
Chinese:
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Danish: gudbarn n
Dutch: petekind (nl) n
Esperanto: baptogefilo
Estonian: ristilaps
Finnish: kummilapsi (fi)
Galician: afillado (gl) m, afillada f
Georgian: ნათლული (natluli)
German: Patenkind (de) n
Greek: βαφτισιμιός (el) m (vaftisimiós), αναδεκτός (el) m (anadektós), αναδεξιμιός (el) m (anadeximiós)
Hungarian: keresztgyerek (hu), keresztgyermek (hu)
Ido: baptofilio (io)
Ingrian: ristilaps
Latvian: krustbērns (lv)
Macedonian: крштеник m (krštenik), кумче n (kumče)
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 (sv) n
Tagalog: inaanak
Volapük: spönäb (vo) m or f, hispönäb m, jispönäb f; spönacil m or f, spönahicil m, spönajicil f

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