godmother

Superinge · Post by **Superinge** » 13 Jan 2005 00:37

I am looking for the translation of "godmother" or in Dutch "doopmeter". I am too young and not catholic to be called doopmeter. It may also be a translation of "protector" or in Dutch "beschermer", because that's what I'll do

didine · Post by **didine** » 13 Jan 2005 00:55

Finnish: kummitäti
Estonian: ristiema

Polonais: matka chrzestna
Russian: крёстная (мать)

Swedish: gudmor

SubEspion · Post by **SubEspion** » 13 Jan 2005 04:41

In Italian

La madrina

In French

La marraine

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » 13 Jan 2005 08:33

Superinge wrote:I am looking for the translation of "godmother" or in Dutch "doopmeter".

In Hungarian: keresztanya

Superinge wrote:It may also be a translation of "protector" or in Dutch "beschermer", because that's what I'll do

Védnöknő (with -nő for a woman) = patroness (in a non religious meaning, an authority supporting an organisation)
-- Olivier

Vikr · Post by **Vikr** » 13 Jan 2005 10:18

ஞானத்தாய்

nyanathaaï in Tamil

Cãlin · Post by **Cãlin** » 13 Jan 2005 11:39

Português: madrinha
Romanian: naşă
Modern Greek: νονά [noná]

Enzo · Post by **Enzo** » 13 Jan 2005 20:42

In german : Die Patentante

kyliane · Post by **kyliane** » 14 Jan 2005 01:02

In spanish : madrina

Kyl

samyzaky · Post by **samyzaky** » 14 Jan 2005 20:31

En luxembourgeoiis:

Giedel ou Daafgiedel

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Superinge · Post by **Superinge** » 29 Jan 2005 18:15

Thanks.

For now, the only one a little bit pronouncable in Dutch is "kummitäti", perhaps I'll shorten it to "kummi". Let's hope my "godchild" or how you may call it, will like it too.

If anyone has other names, please don"t hesitate. You may also say how you call your godmother and godfather (shortened, small words), to make it sound nicer or sweeter.

didine · Post by **didine** » 29 Jan 2005 18:29

Superinge wrote:For now, the only one a little bit pronouncable in Dutch is "kummitäti", perhaps I'll shorten it to "kummi". Let's hope my "godchild" or how you may call it, will like it too.

"Kummi" works too in Finnish.

Be careful with the pronunciation, "kumi" means "rubber".

helena · Post by **helena** » 29 Jan 2005 20:05

in croatian: kuma

Andrzej · Post by **Andrzej** » 29 Jan 2005 23:36

helena wrote:in croatian: kuma

Tiens! Autrefois, en polonais, on employait aussi le mot: kuma, mais c'était pour marquer la relation entre la marraine et les parents (mère et père) de l'enfant. Au masculin c'était kum. Donc: matka chrzestna pour l'enfant était kuma pour ses parents.
Maintenant on ne l'emploie que dans un sens figuré.

flamenco · Post by **flamenco** » 30 Jan 2005 01:35

DANOIS: gudmor

ALLEMAND: die Patin (on dit pas ça aussi?)

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 30 Jan 2005 19:04

Basque : Amabitxi

Hebrew : סַנְדָּקִית (Sanddaqit) / שׁוֹשְׁבִינָה (shoshvina)

Vietnamese : mẹ đỡ đầu

Chinese : 教母 (jiao4 mu3)

Japanese : 代母 (daibo)

Arabic : عَرَّابَة (`arrâba)

Czech : kmotra

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