Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development.

    Pate, Patin

    крёстный оте́цkrjóstnyj otéc, крёстная матьkrjóstnaja matʹ

    хрещений батькоxreščenyj batʹko, хрещена

    a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism

  2. A child's designated guardian in the case that the child's parents die.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. I like my godparents.

    ruЯ люблю своих крёстных.

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  2. How often do you see your godparents?

    ruКак часто ты навещаешь своих крёстных?

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  3. I need to be with my godparents.

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  4. I never visited my son's godparents again.

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  5. I wish I had fairy godparents to protect me.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism:
Русский
By meaning 1
person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism:
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