grandparent

See also: grand-parent

English

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grandparent

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• grand-parent

Etymology

From grand- +‎ parent. Compare French grand-parent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/, /ˈɡɹæn(d)pæɹənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

grandparent (plural grandparents)

1. the parent of someone's parent

Antonyms

• (with regard to ancestry) grandchild

Hyponyms

• (by grandparent's gender) grandmother, grandfather
• (by grandparent's and parent's genders) maternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

Derived terms

• co-grandparent
• great grandparent
• great great grandparent
• stepgrandparent

 

Translations

parent of one's parent

Arabic: جَدّ (ar) m (jadd) (grandfather), جَدَّة (ar) f (jadda) (grandmother) Egyptian Arabic: جد m (ged), جدة f (geda) Asturian: güelu (ast) m, güela (ast) f Brunei Malay: nini Chichewa: gogo Chinese: Cantonese: 祖父母 (zou2 fu6 mou5), 公公婆婆 (gung1 gung1 po4 po4-2) (maternal), 爺爺嫲嫲／爷爷嫲嫲 (je4 je4 maa4 maa4) (paternal) Mandarin: 祖父母 (zh) (zǔfùmǔ) Czech: prarodič (cs) Dutch: grootouder (nl) m Finnish: isovanhempi (fi) French: grand-parent (fr) m, aïeul (fr) m, aïeule (fr) f Galician: avós m pl (plural only) German: Großeltern (de) pl (plural only), Großelternteil (de) m Guaraní: (grandfather) taita guasu, (grandmother) jarýi (gn) Hawaiian: kupuna Hungarian: nagyszülő (hu) Ido: avo (io) Indonesian: kakek (id) (grandfather), nenek (id) (grandmother) Interlingua: (grandfather) granpatre, (grandmother) granmatre (ia) Irish: seantuismitheoir m Italian: (grandfather) nonno (it), (grandmother) nonna (it) Japanese: 祖父母 (ja) (そふぼ, sofubo) Khmer: យាយតា (yeay tar) Laboya: wede Low German: Westphalian: Chrautellern pl (plural only) German Low German: Grootöllern (nds) pl (plural only) Macedonian: де́до (mk) m (dédo) (grandfather), ба́ба (mk) f (bába) (grandmother) Malay: datuk nenek Norwegian: Bokmål: besteforelder (no) m (mostly used in pl) Nynorsk: besteforelder m (mostly used in pl) Pennsylvania German: Groosseldre pl Polish: dziadkowie (pl) m pl Portuguese: avós (pt) m pl (plural only), (grandfather) avô (pt) m, (grandmother) avó (pt) f Quechua: awki Russian: де́душка (ru) m (déduška)， дед (ru) m (ded) (grandfather), ба́бушка (ru) f (bábuška), ба́ба (ru) f (bába) (grandmother) Scottish Gaelic: seann-phàrant m Spanish: abuelo (es) m, abuela (es) f Swedish: no equivalent term in Swedish, but see far- eller morförälder (literally “father's or mother's parent”) and far- och morförälder (literally “father's and mother's parent”); see also farfar, farmor, morfar, mormor. Tok Pisin: tumbuna Tupinambá: amỹîa (grandfather; t-, t-) Volapük: lepal (vo) Yiddish: זיידע־באָבע pl (zeyde-bobe), באָבע־זיידע pl (bobe-zeyde)

See also

• mother
• father

Verb

grandparent (third-person singular simple present grandparents, present participle grandparenting, simple past and past participle grandparented)

1. Synonym of grandfather