Grandfather

//ˈɡɹændˌfɑːðə//

Synonyms for "grandfather" (86 found)

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402 translations across 213 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • абду noun (grandfather (from either side))

Acehnese

2 entries
  • nek noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • syik noun (grandfather (from either side))

Adyghe

1 entries
  • пшъашъэ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • oupa noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ahtna

1 entries
  • tsiye noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ainu

1 entries
  • エカㇱヒ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Akkadian

1 entries
  • 𒀀𒁉 𒀀𒁉 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Albanian

3 entries
  • babagjysh noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • gjysh noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • tatëmadh noun (grandfather (from either side))

Aleut

1 entries
  • latux noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ambonese Malay

1 entries
  • opa noun (grandfather (from either side))

Amharic

1 entries
  • አያት noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πάππος noun (grandfather (from either side))

Arabic

4 entries
  • با سيد noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • جد noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • جد noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • جد noun (grandfather (from either side))

Aragonese

1 entries
  • agüelo noun (grandfather (from either side))

Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܣܒܐ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ܩܫܝܫܐ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Armenian

3 entries
  • հավ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • պապ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • պապիկ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Aromanian

3 entries
  • ghiush noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • pap noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • tot noun (grandfather (from either side))

Assamese

1 entries
  • ককা noun (grandfather (from either side))

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Asturian

1 entries
  • güelu noun (grandfather (from either side))

Avar

2 entries
  • дахӏадада noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • кӏудада noun (grandfather (from either side))

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • baba noun (grandfather (from either side))

Bangi

1 entries
  • nkoko noun (grandfather (from either side))

Bashkir

2 entries
  • олатай noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ҡартатай noun (grandfather (from either side))

Basque

2 entries
  • aitatxi noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • aitona noun (grandfather (from either side))

Belarusian

2 entries
  • дзед noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • дзяду́ля noun (grandfather (from either side))

Bengali

4 entries
  • ঠাকুরদা দাদু noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • দাদা noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • নানা noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • পরদাদা noun (male forefather)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • दादाजी noun (grandfather (from either side))

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • lolo noun (grandfather (from either side))

Breton

1 entries
  • tad-kozh noun (grandfather (from either side))

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • дя́до noun (grandfather (from either side))

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဘိုးဘိုး noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • အဘိုး noun (grandfather (from either side))

Carian

1 entries
  • 𐊨𐊲𐊨 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Catalan

1 entries
  • avi noun (grandfather (from either side))

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • taki noun (grandfather (from either side))

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • باپیر noun (grandfather (from either side))

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • páˑpa noun (grandfather (from either side))

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • lokoko noun (grandfather (from either side))

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎤᏂᏏ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ᎤᏚᏚ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Chichewa

1 entries
  • gogo noun (grandfather (from either side))

Chinese

4 entries
  • 俺公 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 內公 /内公 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 外公 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 火烌公 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 公公 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 外公 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 外祖父 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 爺爺 /爷爷 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 外公 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 外祖父 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 爺爺 /爷爷 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 祖父 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Chinook Jargon

1 entries
  • chitsh noun (grandfather (from either side))

Chukchi

1 entries
  • апайӈын noun (grandfather (from either side))

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • дѣдъ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Chuvash

2 entries
  • асатте noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • кукаҫи noun (grandfather (from either side))

Corsican

1 entries
  • babbone noun (grandfather (from either side))

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qartbaba noun (grandfather (from either side))

Czech

2 entries
  • děd noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • děda noun (grandfather (from either side))

Danish

3 entries
  • bedstefader noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • bedstefar noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • forfader noun (male forefather)

Dari

1 entries
  • پَدَرْبُزُرْگ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Dutch

4 entries
  • bompa noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • grootvader noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • opa noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • voorvader noun (male forefather)

Erzya

2 entries
  • бодя noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • покштя noun (grandfather (from either side))

Esperanto

1 entries
  • avo noun (grandfather (from either side))

Estonian

1 entries
  • vanaisa noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ewe

1 entries
  • tɔgbui noun (grandfather (from either side))

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • abuelu noun (grandfather (from either side))

Faroese

2 entries
  • abbi noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • avi noun (grandfather (from either side))

Finnish

2 entries
  • Thesaurus:isoisä noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • isoisä noun (grandfather (from either side))

French

3 entries
  • aïeul noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • aïeul noun (male forefather)
  • grand-père noun (grandfather (from either side))

Friulian

2 entries
  • nono noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • von noun (grandfather (from either side))

Galician

2 entries
  • avó noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • devanceiro noun (male forefather)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბაბუა noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • პაპა noun (grandfather (from either side))

German

4 entries
  • Grossvater noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • Großvater noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • Großvater mütterlicherseits noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • Großvater väterlicherseits noun (grandfather (from either side))

Greek

4 entries
  • πάππος noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • πάππος noun (male forefather)
  • παππούς noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • παππούς noun (male forefather)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • aataa noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • aataq noun (grandfather (from either side))

Gujarati

2 entries
  • દાદો noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • નાનો noun (grandfather (from either side))

Hakka Chinese

3 entries
  • 外阿公 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 姐公 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 阿公 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Hausa

1 entries
  • kaka noun (grandfather (from either side))

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kupuna kāne noun (grandfather (from either side))

Hebrew

2 entries
  • סַבָּא noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • סָב noun (grandfather (from either side))

Hindi

2 entries
  • दादा noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • नाना noun (grandfather (from either side))

Hittite

1 entries
  • 𒄷𒄴𒄩𒀸 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nagyapa noun (grandfather (from either side))

Icelandic

1 entries
  • afi noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ido

1 entries
  • avulo noun (grandfather (from either side))

Igbo

1 entries
  • nnanna noun (grandfather (from either side))

Indonesian

2 entries
  • engkong noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • kakek noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ingrian

1 entries
  • äijä noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ingush

2 entries
  • даь-да noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • наьн-да noun (grandfather (from either side))

Interlingua

2 entries
  • avo noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • granpatre noun (grandfather (from either side))

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • پِدَرْبُزُرْگ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Irish

2 entries
  • athair críonna noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • seanathair noun (grandfather (from either side))

Istriot

1 entries
  • nono noun (grandfather (from either side))

Italian

1 entries
  • nonno noun (grandfather (from either side))

Japanese

3 entries
  • お爺さん noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 外祖父 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 祖父 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Javanese

2 entries
  • eyang noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • mbah noun (grandfather (from either side))

Jeju

4 entries
  • 하르바님 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 하르바지 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 하르방 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 하르벰 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Kaitag

4 entries
  • аттатта noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • убатта noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • хвала́тта noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • хватта noun (grandfather (from either side))

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • بُڈؠ بَب noun (grandfather (from either side))

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ата noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • баба noun (grandfather (from either side))

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries
  • pàu noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • pàu noun (male forefather)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ជីតា noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • តា noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • តា noun (male forefather)
  • អយ្យកោ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Khoekhoe

1 entries
  • ǁgaosab noun (grandfather (from either side))

Korean

3 entries
  • 외할아버지 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 친할아버지 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 할아버지 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Krio

1 entries
  • grandpa noun (grandfather (from either side))

Krymchak

1 entries
  • baba noun (grandfather (from either side))

Kumyk

1 entries
  • баба noun (grandfather (from either side))

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • тай ата noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • чоң ата noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ladino

4 entries
  • avuelo noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • granpapa noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • nono noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • papú noun (grandfather (from either side))

Lao

4 entries
  • ຕາ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ຕູ້ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ປູ່ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ພໍ່ໃຫຍ່ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Latgalian

3 entries
  • vaciks noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • vacjuks noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • vacuļs noun (grandfather (from either side))

Latin

1 entries
  • avus noun (grandfather (from either side))

Latvian

1 entries
  • vectēvs noun (grandfather (from either side))

Lingala

1 entries
  • nkoko noun (grandfather (from either side))

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • senelis noun (grandfather (from either side))

Low German

4 entries
  • Grautvader noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • Grootvadder noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • Grootvader noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • Grootvoder noun (grandfather (from either side))

Luganda

2 entries
  • jajja omusajja noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • jjajja omusajja noun (grandfather (from either side))

Lushootseed

1 entries
  • scapaʔ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Luwian

2 entries
  • 𒄷𒌋𒄩 noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • 𔕳𔓷 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Grousspapp noun (grandfather (from either side))

Lycian

1 entries
  • 𐊜𐊒𐊄𐊀 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Lydian

1 entries
  • 𐤨𐤰𐤨𐤠𐤮 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Macedonian

1 entries
  • де́до noun (grandfather (from either side))

Malay

1 entries
  • datuk noun (grandfather (from either side))

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അപ്പൂപ്പന് noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • മുത്തച്ഛന് noun (grandfather (from either side))

Maltese

2 entries
  • nannu noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ġidd noun (grandfather (from either side))

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠮᠠᡶᠠ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ᡤᠣᡵᠣ ᠮᠠᡶᠠ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Manx

2 entries
  • shaner noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • shennayr noun (grandfather (from either side))

Marathi

2 entries
  • आजोबा noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • आबा noun (grandfather (from either side))

Milyan

1 entries
  • 𐊜𐊒𐊄𐊀 noun (grandfather (from either side))

Mirandese

4 entries
  • abó noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • abó de las calças noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • abó pai noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • bó noun (grandfather (from either side))

Mongo

1 entries
  • nkoko noun (grandfather (from either side))

Mongolian

1 entries
  • өвөө noun (grandfather (from either side))

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • nono noun (grandfather (from either side))

Māori

4 entries
  • koroua noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • poua noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • tipuna tāne noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • tupuna noun (grandfather (from either side))

Navajo

2 entries
  • acheii noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • análí noun (grandfather (from either side))

Nivkh

1 entries
  • атак noun (grandfather (from either side))

Norman

1 entries
  • grand-péthe noun (grandfather (from either side))

North Frisian

2 entries
  • Gooki noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • åte noun (grandfather (from either side))

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • bapîr noun (grandfather (from either side))

Northern Ohlone

1 entries
  • ká̄na 'ek pá̄pa noun (grandfather (from either side))

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • áddjá noun (grandfather (from either side))

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • bestefar noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • farfar noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • morfar noun (grandfather (from either side))

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • bestefar noun (grandfather (from either side))

O'odham

2 entries
  • ba꞉b noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • wosk noun (grandfather (from either side))

Occitan

1 entries
  • grand paire noun (grandfather (from either side))

Odia

1 entries
  • ଜେଜେବାପା noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • nimishoomis noun (grandfather (from either side))

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • дѣдъ noun (male forefather)

Old English

1 entries
  • eald fæder noun (grandfather (from either side))

Old Irish

1 entries
  • senathair noun (grandfather (from either side))

Old Norse

1 entries
  • afi noun (grandfather (from either side))

Oromo

1 entries
  • akaakayyuu noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ossetian

2 entries
  • баба noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • дада noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • دده noun (grandfather (from either side))

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • дїдо noun (grandfather (from either side))

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • welo noun (grandfather (from either side))

Pashto

1 entries
  • نیکه noun (grandfather (from either side))

Pennsylvania German

2 entries
  • Groossdaadi noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • Groossvadder noun (grandfather (from either side))

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Grootfoda noun (grandfather (from either side))

Polish

1 entries
  • dziadek noun (grandfather (from either side))

Portuguese

2 entries
  • avoengo noun (male forefather)
  • avô noun (grandfather (from either side))

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਦਾਦਾ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ਦਾਦੇ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Quechua

2 entries
  • awki noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • jatun tata noun (grandfather (from either side))

Romani

1 entries
  • pàpos noun (grandfather (from either side))

Romanian

4 entries
  • bunic noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • străbun noun (male forefather)
  • străbunic noun (male forefather)
  • strămoș noun (male forefather)

Romansch

2 entries
  • non noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • tat noun (grandfather (from either side))

Russian

3 entries
  • де́душка noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • дед noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • деду́ля noun (grandfather (from either side))

Salar

1 entries
  • paba noun (grandfather (from either side))

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • मातामह noun (grandfather (from either side))

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱚᱡᱚ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Sardinian

1 entries
  • donnumannu noun (grandfather (from either side))

Scots

2 entries
  • grandfaither noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • guidsire noun (grandfather (from either side))

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • seanair noun (grandfather (from either side))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ded noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • deda noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • dedica noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • deka noun (grandfather (from either side))

Siberian Tatar

1 entries
  • пабай noun (grandfather (from either side))

Sicilian

3 entries
  • nannu noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • papa granni noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • tata granni noun (grandfather (from either side))

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • පිතාමහ noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • මිති noun (grandfather (from either side))

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • äʹjj noun (grandfather (from either side))

Slovak

4 entries
  • ded noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • dedko noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • dedo noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • starý otec noun (grandfather (from either side))

Slovene

2 entries
  • ded noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • stari oče noun (grandfather (from either side))

Somali

1 entries
  • awow noun (grandfather (from either side))

Sotho

1 entries
  • ntatemoholo noun (grandfather (from either side))

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • таада noun (grandfather (from either side))

Spanish

4 entries
  • abuelo noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • abuelo noun (male forefather)
  • anteriorar verb (to retain existing laws or rules for a thing, person or organization previously affected by them)
  • exceptuar verb (to retain existing laws or rules for a thing, person or organization previously affected by them)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • aki noun (grandfather (from either side))

Swahili

2 entries
  • babu noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • babu noun (male forefather)

Swedish

3 entries
  • farfar noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • förfader noun (male forefather)
  • morfar noun (grandfather (from either side))

Tagalog

4 entries
  • abwelo noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • apo noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ingkong noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • lelong noun (grandfather (from either side))

Tajik

2 entries
  • бобо noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • падарбузург noun (grandfather (from either side))

Tamil

2 entries
  • தாத்தா noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • பாட்டன் noun (grandfather (from either side))

Taos

1 entries
  • tàłułiʼína noun (grandfather (from either side))

Tatar

3 entries
  • бабай noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • дәү әти noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • зур әти noun (grandfather (from either side))

Telugu

2 entries
  • తాత noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • తాతయ్య noun (grandfather (from either side))

Thai

3 entries
  • ก๋ง noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ตา noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ปู่ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྤོ་བོ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • āwe noun (grandfather (from either side))

Tok Pisin

2 entries
  • tumbuna noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • tumbuna noun (male forefather)

Tupinambá

1 entries
  • (t-, t-) amỹîa noun (grandfather (from either side))

Turkish

1 entries
  • dede noun (grandfather (from either side))

Turkmen

2 entries
  • ata noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • baba noun (grandfather (from either side))

Tuvan

1 entries
  • кырган-ача noun (grandfather (from either side))

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • дід noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • діду́сь noun (grandfather (from either side))

Urdu

2 entries
  • دادا noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • نانا noun (grandfather (from either side))

Urum

1 entries
  • baba noun (grandfather (from either side))

Uyghur

2 entries
  • بوۋا noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • بۇۋا noun (grandfather (from either side))

Uzbek

2 entries
  • bobo noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • buva noun (grandfather (from either side))

Venetan

1 entries
  • nono noun (grandfather (from either side))

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ông noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • ôông noun (grandfather (from either side))

Volapük

1 entries
  • lefat noun (grandfather (from either side))

Walloon

2 entries
  • grand-popa noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • tåye noun (grandfather (from either side))

Welsh

3 entries
  • tad-cu noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • taid noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • taid noun (grandfather (from either side))

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • pake noun (grandfather (from either side))

Wolof

1 entries
  • marm noun (grandfather (from either side))

Xhosa

1 entries
  • khulu noun (grandfather (from either side))

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • бобо noun (grandfather (from either side))

Yakut

1 entries
  • эһэ noun (grandfather (from either side))

Yiddish

1 entries
  • זיידע noun (grandfather (from either side))

Yoruba

4 entries
  • bàbá bàbá noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • bàbá màmá noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • bàbá àgbà noun (grandfather (from either side))
  • bàbá ìyá noun (grandfather (from either side))

Yámana

1 entries
  • ušwam noun (grandfather (from either side))

Zulu

1 entries
  • khulu noun (grandfather (from either side))

Sample sentences

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We named my son after my grandfather.

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Bob met her grandfather early in the morning.

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Bob went to meet her grandfather early in the morning.

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My grandfather goes for a walk on fine days.

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