marraine

From Old French marrene, from a Vulgar Latin root *matrīna (with a later suffix change to -ana in transitioning to Old French), from Latin māter. Compare Italian and Spanish madrina, Occitan mairina, Portuguese madrinha.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

marraine f (plural marraines)

1. godmother (woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner)

• mère

• parrain

• “marraine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• marinera, marnerai, ranimera