Grandmother

//ˈɡɹænˌmʌðə//

Synonyms for "grandmother" (75 found)

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Closest matches (15)

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Related words (37)

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5 entries

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1 entries

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1 entries

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2 entries

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1 entries

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9 entries

Translations

374 translations across 192 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • анду noun (mother of someone's parent)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • ouma noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ahtna

1 entries
  • tsucde noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ainu

1 entries
  • フチ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gjyshe noun (mother of someone's parent)

Aleut

1 entries
  • kukax noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ambonese Malay

2 entries
  • nene noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • oma noun (mother of someone's parent)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ሴት አያት noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μάμμη noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • τήθη noun (mother of someone's parent)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أنّة noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • تيتة noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • تيتة noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • جدة noun (mother of someone's parent)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • agüela noun (mother of someone's parent)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • ܣܒܬܐ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ܩܫܝܫܬܐ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Armenian

3 entries
  • հան noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • տատ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • տատիկ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • babã noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • omã noun (mother of someone's parent)

Asturian

1 entries
  • güela noun (mother of someone's parent)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • nənə noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • нәнә noun (mother of someone's parent)

Balinese

1 entries
  • dadong noun (mother of someone's parent)

Basque

1 entries
  • amona noun (mother of someone's parent)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • бабу́ля noun (mother of someone's parent)

Bengali

4 entries
  • দাদি noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • দাদু noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • নানী noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • নানু noun (mother of someone's parent)

Bhojpuri

2 entries
  • दादी noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • दादी के बा noun (mother of someone's parent)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • lola noun (mother of someone's parent)

Breton

1 entries
  • mamm-gozh noun (mother of someone's parent)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ба́ба noun (mother of someone's parent)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဘွားဘွား noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • အဘွား noun (mother of someone's parent)

Catalan

2 entries
  • iaia noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • àvia noun (mother of someone's parent)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • todu noun (mother of someone's parent)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • داپیر noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • داپیرە noun (mother of someone's parent)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • ʔamáˑ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • payako noun (mother of someone's parent)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎠᎵᏏ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ᎡᏂᏏ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • gogo noun (mother of someone's parent)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 內媽 /内妈 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 外媽 /外妈 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 阿媽 /阿妈 noun (mother of someone's parent)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 外婆 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 外祖母 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 婆婆 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 嫲嫲 noun (mother of someone's parent)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 外婆 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 外祖母 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 奶奶 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 姥姥 noun (mother of someone's parent)

Chinook Jargon

1 entries
  • chope noun (mother of someone's parent)

Chuvash

2 entries
  • асанне noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • кукамай noun (mother of someone's parent)

Corsican

1 entries
  • mammone noun (mother of someone's parent)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qartana noun (mother of someone's parent)

Czech

1 entries
  • babička noun (mother of someone's parent)

Danish

2 entries
  • bedste noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • bedstemor noun (mother of someone's parent)

Dari

4 entries
  • بِیبِی noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • مَادَرْبُزُرْگ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • مَادَرْکَلَان noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • نَنَه noun (mother of someone's parent)

Dutch

2 entries
  • grootmoeder noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • oma noun (mother of someone's parent)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • avino noun (mother of someone's parent)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vanaema noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ewe

1 entries
  • mama noun (mother of someone's parent)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • ávila noun (mother of someone's parent)

Faroese

1 entries
  • omma noun (mother of someone's parent)

Finnish

4 entries
  • isoäiti noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • isänäiti noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • mummi noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • mummo noun (mother of someone's parent)

French

2 entries
  • aïeule noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • grand-mère noun (mother of someone's parent)

Friulian

2 entries
  • ave noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • none noun (mother of someone's parent)

Galician

1 entries
  • avoa noun (mother of someone's parent)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ბაბო noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ბებია noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ბებო noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • დიდედა noun (mother of someone's parent)

German

4 entries
  • Grosi noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • Großmutter noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • Großmütterchen noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • Großmütterlein noun (mother of someone's parent)

Greek

2 entries
  • γιαγιά noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • μάμμη noun (mother of someone's parent)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • aanaa noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • aanaq noun (mother of someone's parent)

Hakka Chinese

3 entries
  • 外阿婆 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 姐婆 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 阿婆 noun (mother of someone's parent)

Halkomelem

1 entries
  • sísele noun (mother of someone's parent)

Hamer-Banna

1 entries
  • aaká noun (mother of someone's parent)

Hausa

1 entries
  • kaka noun (mother of someone's parent)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kupunawahine noun (mother of someone's parent)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • סָבְתָא noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • סָבָה noun (mother of someone's parent)

Hindi

2 entries
  • दादी noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • नानी noun (mother of someone's parent)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • nagyanya noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • nagymama noun (mother of someone's parent)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • amma noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ido

1 entries
  • avino noun (mother of someone's parent)

Igbo

1 entries
  • nnenna noun (mother of someone's parent)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • nenek noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • ämmä noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ämmö noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ingush

2 entries
  • даь-нана noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • наьн-нана noun (mother of someone's parent)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • ava noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • granmatre noun (mother of someone's parent)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • مادَرْبُزُرْگ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • نَنِه noun (mother of someone's parent)

Irish

4 entries
  • mamó noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • máthair chríonna noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • máthair mhór noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • seanmháthair noun (mother of someone's parent)

Italian

1 entries
  • nonna noun (mother of someone's parent)

Japanese

4 entries
  • お婆さん noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • お婆ちゃん noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ばば noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 外祖母 noun (mother of someone's parent)

Javanese

1 entries
  • Eyang Putri noun (mother of someone's parent)

Jeju

4 entries
  • 할마니 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 할마님 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 할망 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 할멤 noun (mother of someone's parent)

Juba Arabic

1 entries
  • habuuba noun (mother of someone's parent)

Kaitag

4 entries
  • абаба́ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • авба noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • аттаба noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • аттуба́ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • نانؠ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • әже noun (mother of someone's parent)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • jì noun (mother of someone's parent)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ជីដូន noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • យាយ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • អយ្យកា noun (mother of someone's parent)

Khoekhoe

1 entries
  • ǁgaosas noun (mother of someone's parent)

Korean

2 entries
  • 외할머니 noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • 할머니 noun (mother of someone's parent)

Krio

1 entries
  • granny noun (mother of someone's parent)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • ky noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • кемпир noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ladino

4 entries
  • avuela noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • granmama noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • nona noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • vava noun (mother of someone's parent)

Lakota

1 entries
  • uŋčí noun (mother of someone's parent)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຍ່າ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ແມ່ເຖົ້າ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Latgalian

3 entries
  • babeņa noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • vace noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • vaceite noun (mother of someone's parent)

Latin

1 entries
  • avia noun (mother of someone's parent)

Latvian

3 entries
  • vecmamma noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • vecmāmiņa noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • vecāmāte noun (mother of someone's parent)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • bobutė noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • močiutė noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • senelė noun (mother of someone's parent)

Low German

4 entries
  • Grootmodder noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • Grootmoder noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • Grootmudder noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • Grotmoder noun (mother of someone's parent)

Luganda

2 entries
  • jajja mukyaala noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • jjajja omukazi noun (mother of someone's parent)

Lushootseed

2 entries
  • kayə noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • kiaʔ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Groussmamm noun (mother of someone's parent)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ба́ба noun (mother of someone's parent)

Malay

1 entries
  • nenek noun (mother of someone's parent)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • അമ്മമ്മ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • അമ്മുമ്മ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • മുത്തശ്ശി noun (mother of someone's parent)

Maltese

1 entries
  • nanna noun (mother of someone's parent)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᠮᠠᠮᠠ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ᡤᠣᡵᠣ ᠮᠠᠮᠠ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Marathi

1 entries
  • आजी noun (mother of someone's parent)

Maricopa

1 entries
  • nkyew noun (mother of someone's parent)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • anduang noun (mother of someone's parent)

Mirandese

4 entries
  • abó noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • abó de las saias noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • abó mai noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • bó noun (mother of someone's parent)

Mon

1 entries
  • ယဲာ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • эмгээ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • эмэг эх noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • эмэг ээж noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • эмээ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • nu'na noun (mother of someone's parent)

Māori

4 entries
  • kuia noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • tipuna noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • tupuna noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • tāua noun (mother of someone's parent)

Navajo

2 entries
  • amá sání noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • análí noun (mother of someone's parent)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • nonna noun (mother of someone's parent)

Nepali

1 entries
  • हजुरआमा noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • koko noun (mother of someone's parent)

Nivkh

1 entries
  • ытик noun (mother of someone's parent)

Norman

3 entries
  • grand'-mère noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • grand-méthe noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • manman noun (mother of someone's parent)

North Frisian

3 entries
  • aol noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ualmam noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ååle noun (mother of someone's parent)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • dapîr noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • pîrik noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • pîrê noun (mother of someone's parent)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries
  • ká̄na 'ek mél̄e noun (mother of someone's parent)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • áhkku noun (mother of someone's parent)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • bestemor noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • farmor noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • mormor noun (mother of someone's parent)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • bestemor noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • farmor noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • mormor noun (mother of someone's parent)

Nubi

1 entries
  • abuba noun (mother of someone's parent)

O'odham

2 entries
  • hu'ul noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ka꞉k noun (mother of someone's parent)

Odia

2 entries
  • ଆଈ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ଜେଜେମାଆ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • nookomis noun (mother of someone's parent)

Old English

1 entries
  • eald mōdor noun (mother of someone's parent)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • senmáthair noun (mother of someone's parent)

Oromo

1 entries
  • akkayyaa noun (mother of someone's parent)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • баба noun (mother of someone's parent)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • wela noun (mother of someone's parent)

Pashto

2 entries
  • انا noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • نيا noun (mother of someone's parent)

Pennsylvania German

2 entries
  • Groossmammi noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • Groossmudder noun (mother of someone's parent)

Polish

4 entries
  • baba noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • babcia noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • babka noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • babunia noun (mother of someone's parent)

Pontic Greek

1 entries
  • καλομάνα noun (mother of someone's parent)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • avó noun (mother of someone's parent)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਨਾਨਿਮਾ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Quechua

1 entries
  • jatun mama noun (mother of someone's parent)

Romani

1 entries
  • mami noun (mother of someone's parent)

Romanian

3 entries
  • bunică noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • mamaie noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • mamă mare noun (mother of someone's parent)

Romansch

3 entries
  • nona noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • tata noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • tatta noun (mother of someone's parent)

Russian

4 entries
  • ба́ба noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ба́бка noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ба́бушка noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • бабу́ля noun (mother of someone's parent)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • पितामही noun (mother of someone's parent)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱟᱡᱤ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Scots

2 entries
  • grandmither noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • guiddame noun (mother of someone's parent)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • seanmhair noun (mother of someone's parent)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • baka noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • bȁba noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • nena noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • stȁramājka noun (mother of someone's parent)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၼၢႆး noun (mother of someone's parent)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • mamma granni noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • nanna noun (mother of someone's parent)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • äkk noun (mother of someone's parent)

Slovak

2 entries
  • baba noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • stará matka noun (mother of someone's parent)

Slovene

2 entries
  • babica noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • stara mama noun (mother of someone's parent)

Somali

1 entries
  • ayeeyo noun (mother of someone's parent)

Sotho

1 entries
  • nkgono noun (mother of someone's parent)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • таай эне noun (mother of someone's parent)

Spanish

1 entries
  • abuela noun (mother of someone's parent)

Sudanese Arabic

1 entries
  • حبوبة noun (mother of someone's parent)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • nini noun (mother of someone's parent)

Swabian

1 entries
  • Ahna noun (mother of someone's parent)

Swahili

1 entries
  • bibi noun (mother of someone's parent)

Swedish

2 entries
  • farmor noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • mormor noun (mother of someone's parent)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • abwela noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • impo noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • lelang noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • lola noun (mother of someone's parent)

Tajik

4 entries
  • бибӣ noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • модарбузург noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • модаркалон noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • онакалон noun (mother of someone's parent)

Tamil

4 entries
  • ஆயாள் noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • பாட்டி noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • முன்றாய் noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • மூதாய் noun (mother of someone's parent)

Tatar

4 entries
  • дәү әни noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • зур әни noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • картинәй noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • нәнә noun (mother of someone's parent)

Thai

2 entries
  • ยาย noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ย่า noun (mother of someone's parent)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྨོ་མོ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • tumbuna noun (mother of someone's parent)

Tupinambá

1 entries
  • aryîa noun (mother of someone's parent)

Turkish

2 entries
  • büyükanne noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • nine noun (mother of someone's parent)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • ene noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • mama noun (mother of someone's parent)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ба́ба noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • бабу́ся noun (mother of someone's parent)

Urdu

2 entries
  • دادی noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • نانی noun (mother of someone's parent)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • acha noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • buvi noun (mother of someone's parent)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bà noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • bà ngoại noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • bà nội noun (mother of someone's parent)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lemot noun (mother of someone's parent)

Walloon

2 entries
  • grand-mame noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • grand-mere noun (mother of someone's parent)

Welsh

2 entries
  • mam-gu noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • nain noun (mother of someone's parent)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • beppe noun (mother of someone's parent)

White Hmong

2 entries
  • niam tais noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • pog noun (mother of someone's parent)

Wiradjuri

1 entries
  • baadhin noun (mother of someone's parent)

Wolof

1 entries
  • marm noun (mother of someone's parent)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • umakhulu noun (mother of someone's parent)

Yagara

1 entries
  • barbang noun (mother of someone's parent)

Yakut

1 entries
  • эбэ noun (mother of someone's parent)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • באָבע noun (mother of someone's parent)

Yoruba

4 entries
  • màmá bàbá noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • màmá màmá noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ìyá bàbá noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • ìyá ìyá noun (mother of someone's parent)

Yámana

1 entries
  • kuluna noun (mother of someone's parent)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • dada noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • dapir noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • dapér noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • daye (diq) noun (mother of someone's parent)

Zhuang

3 entries
  • buz noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • daiq noun (mother of someone's parent)
  • naih noun (mother of someone's parent)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ukhulu noun (mother of someone's parent)

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My youngest brother was brought up by our grandmother.

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You probably think she told me she was on her way to visit her sick grandmother.

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Tom's grandmother looks healthy.

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It was a precious clock his grandmother, who was in the hospital, gave him.

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