Grandparent

//ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt//

Synonyms for "grandparent" (5 found)

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Verb(1 words)
grandfather

Related words (2)

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Antonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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is a

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Translations

65 translations across 41 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • جد noun (parent of one's parent)
  • جدة noun (parent of one's parent)
  • جَدَّة noun (parent of one's parent)
  • جَدّ noun (parent of one's parent)

Asturian

2 entries
  • güela noun (parent of one's parent)
  • güelu noun (parent of one's parent)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • nini noun (parent of one's parent)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • gogo noun (parent of one's parent)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 公公婆婆 noun (parent of one's parent)
  • 爺爺嫲嫲 /爷爷嫲嫲 noun (parent of one's parent)
  • 祖父母 noun (parent of one's parent)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 祖父母 noun (parent of one's parent)

Czech

1 entries
  • prarodič noun (parent of one's parent)

Dutch

1 entries
  • grootouder noun (parent of one's parent)

Finnish

1 entries
  • isovanhempi noun (parent of one's parent)

French

3 entries
  • aïeul noun (parent of one's parent)
  • aïeule noun (parent of one's parent)
  • grand-parent noun (parent of one's parent)

Galician

1 entries
  • avós noun (parent of one's parent)

German

2 entries
  • Großeltern noun (parent of one's parent)
  • Großelternteil noun (parent of one's parent)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kupuna noun (parent of one's parent)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nagyszülő noun (parent of one's parent)

Ido

1 entries
  • avo noun (parent of one's parent)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kakek noun (parent of one's parent)
  • nenek noun (parent of one's parent)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • granmatre noun (parent of one's parent)
  • granpatre noun (parent of one's parent)

Irish

1 entries
  • seantuismitheoir noun (parent of one's parent)

Italian

2 entries
  • nonna noun (parent of one's parent)
  • nonno noun (parent of one's parent)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 祖父母 noun (parent of one's parent)

Khmer

1 entries
  • យាយតា noun (parent of one's parent)

Laboya

1 entries
  • wede noun (parent of one's parent)

Latvian

1 entries
  • vecvecāki noun (parent of one's parent)

Low German

2 entries
  • Chrautellern noun (parent of one's parent)
  • Grootöllern noun (parent of one's parent)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • ба́ба noun (parent of one's parent)
  • де́до noun (parent of one's parent)

Malay

1 entries
  • datuk nenek noun (parent of one's parent)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • besteforelder noun (parent of one's parent)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • besteforelder noun (parent of one's parent)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Groosseldre noun (parent of one's parent)

Polish

1 entries
  • dziadkowie noun (parent of one's parent)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • avó noun (parent of one's parent)
  • avós noun (parent of one's parent)
  • avô noun (parent of one's parent)

Quechua

1 entries
  • awki noun (parent of one's parent)

Russian

4 entries
  • ба́ба noun (parent of one's parent)
  • ба́бушка noun (parent of one's parent)
  • де́душка noun (parent of one's parent)
  • дед noun (parent of one's parent)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • seann-phàrant noun (parent of one's parent)

Spanish

2 entries
  • abuela noun (parent of one's parent)
  • abuelo noun (parent of one's parent)

Swedish

4 entries
  • farmor noun (parent of one's parent)
  • morfar noun (parent of one's parent)
  • mormor. noun (parent of one's parent)
  • see also farfar noun (parent of one's parent)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • tumbuna noun (parent of one's parent)

Tongan

1 entries
  • kui noun (parent of one's parent)

Tupinambá

1 entries
  • amỹîa (grandfather; t-, t-) noun (parent of one's parent)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lepal noun (parent of one's parent)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • באָבע־זיידע noun (parent of one's parent)
  • זיידע־באָבע noun (parent of one's parent)

Sample sentences

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My mother's mother is my only living grandparent.

Source: tatoeba (5250563)

A second cousin is the granddaughter of the brother or sister of a grandparent.

Source: tatoeba (5313524)

The parent of a parent is a grandparent.

Source: tatoeba (6176915)

No grant of feudal privilege has ever equaled, for effortless return, that of the grandparent who bought and endowed his descendants with a thousand shares of General Motors or General Electric.

Source: tatoeba (6287154)

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