godchild

1. 1.

   an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism

   Broaderbaby

   Narrowergoddaughtergodson

Other forms of godchild

plural

godchildren

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about godchild

What does godchild mean?

godchild means "an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism".

How many syllables are in godchild?

godchild has 2 syllables: god-child. The stress falls on "god".

Is godchild a common word?

godchild is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.