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goddaughter

/ˈɡɒdˌdɔːtə(ɹ)/US/ˈɡɑdˌdɔ.tɚ/

goddaughter noun: a female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

Noun

goddaughter (plural goddaughters)

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

goddaughter meaning in Bengali and Indonesian

goddaughter in Bengali

ধর্মকন্যা

goddaughter in Indonesian

female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
putri baptis

Forms of goddaughter

pluralgoddaughters

Origin of goddaughter

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”).

Questions about goddaughter

What does goddaughter mean?
Goddaughter means a female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
What is goddaughter in Bengali?
Goddaughter in Bengali is ধর্মকন্যা. See Goddaughter meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is goddaughter?
Goddaughter is a noun.
How do you pronounce goddaughter?
Goddaughter is pronounced /ˈɡɑdˌdɔ.tɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of goddaughter?
The plural of goddaughter is goddaughters.

Words near goddaughter in the dictionary

  1. goddangit
  2. Goddard
  3. Goddard-Thorn theorem
  4. goddarned
  5. goddarnit
  6. goddaughter
  7. goddaughters
  8. godded
  9. Godden
  10. Goddens
  11. goddess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goddaughter (page history and authors); goddaughter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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