Meanings
plural grandchildren · alternative obsolete grand-child
- A child of someone's child.
A couple in India are suing their son and daughter-in-law – for not giving them grandchildren after six years of marriage.
2022 May 17, Esha Mitra and Jessie Yeung, “Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren”, in CNN2 more examples
...he fell into amazement when he thought of the Herculean labours those fifteen pairs of hands had performed: of the cows they had milked, the butter they had made, the gardens they had planted, the children and grandchildren they had tended, the brooms they had worn out, the mountains of food they had cooked. It made him dizzy.
1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian GirlLegendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a woman suspected of trying to kidnap their grandchild Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
2020 September 27, Stella Chan, Paul Vercammen, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, “NFL legend Joe Montana tussles with woman who attempted to kidnap his grandchild, police say”, in CNNSynonyms: grandbairn, grandkid, grandoffspring, grandwean, oe
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA child of someone's child.
antonym(s) of “with regard to ancestry”
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans kleinkind
- kleinkindchild of one’s child
Ancient Greek ἔγγονος
- ἔγγονος (éngonos)child of one’s child
Arabic حَفِيد, حَفِيدَة
- حَفِيد (ḥafīd)child of one’s child
- حَفِيدَة (ḥafīda)child of one’s child
Basque biloba
- bilobachild of one’s child
Bengali নাতি, নাতনি
- নাতি (nati)child of one’s child
- নাতনি (natoni)child of one’s child
Bulgarian внук, вну́чка
- внук (vnuk)child of one’s child
- вну́чка (vnúčka)child of one’s child
- вну́че (vnúče)child of one’s child
Catalan nét, néta
- nétchild of one’s child
- nétachild of one’s child
Chinese Cantonese 孫 /孙
- 孫 /孙 (syun¹)child of one’s child
Chinese Mandarin 孫子 /孙子, 孫兒 /孙儿
- 孫子 /孙子 (sūnzi)child of one’s child
- 孫兒 /孙儿 (sūn'ér)child of one’s child
- 孫女 /孙女 (sūnnǚ)child of one’s child
Czech vnouče
- vnoučechild of one’s child
Danish barnebarn
- barnebarnchild of one’s child
Dutch kleinkind, kindskind
- kleinkindchild of one’s child
- kindskindchild of one’s child
Esperanto genepo
- genepochild of one’s child
Finnish lapsenlapsi
- lapsenlapsichild of one’s child
French petit-enfant
- petit-enfantchild of one’s child
German Enkel, Enkelkind
- Enkelchild of one’s child
- Enkelkindchild of one’s child
- Kindeskindchild of one’s child
Greek εγγόνι
- εγγόνι (engóni)child of one’s child
Hawaiian moʻopuna
- moʻopunachild of one’s child
Hebrew נֶכֶד, נֶכְדָּה
- נֶכֶד (nékhed)child of one’s child
- נֶכְדָּה (nekhdá)child of one’s child
Hindi पोता, नाती
- पोता (potā)child of one’s child
- नाती (nātī)child of one’s child
- पोती (potī)child of one’s child
- नातिन (nātin)child of one’s child
Hungarian unoka
- unokachild of one’s child
Icelandic barnabarn
- barnabarnchild of one’s child
Indonesian cucu
- cucuchild of one’s child
Irish garpháiste, ó
- garpháistechild of one’s child
- óchild of one’s child
- duine garchlainnechild of one’s child
- clann clainnechild of one’s child
Italian nipote
- nipotechild of one’s child
Japanese 孫
- 孫 (mago)child of one’s child
Korean 손주, 외손주
- 손주 (sonju)child of one’s child
- 외손주 (oesonju)child of one’s child
Latin nepos, neptis
- neposchild of one’s child
- neptischild of one’s child
- nepotechild of one’s child
- nipotechild of one’s child
- neptoschild of one’s child
Latvian mazbērns
- mazbērnschild of one’s child
Lithuanian vaikaitis, anūkas
- vaikaitischild of one’s child
- anūkaschild of one’s child
Malay cucu, چوچو
- cucuchild of one’s child
- چوچوchild of one’s child
Māori mokopuna
- mokopunachild of one’s child
Norwegian Bokmål barnebarn
- barnebarnchild of one’s child
Polish wnuczę
- wnuczęchild of one’s child
Portuguese neto, neta
- netochild of one’s child
- netachild of one’s child
Russian внук, вну́чка
- внук (vnuk)child of one’s child
- вну́чка (vnúčka)child of one’s child
- вну́ки (vnúki)child of one’s child
Scottish Gaelic ogha
- oghachild of one’s child
Slovak vnúča
- vnúčachild of one’s child
Spanish nieto
- nietochild of one’s child
Swahili mjukuu
- mjukuuchild of one’s child
Swedish barnbarn
- barnbarnchild of one’s child
Tagalog apo
- apochild of one’s child
Thai หลาน
- หลาน (lǎan)child of one’s child
Turkish torun
- torunchild of one’s child
Ukrainian внуча́, онуча́
- внуча́ (vnučá)child of one’s child
- онуча́ (onučá)child of one’s child
- унуча́ (unučá)child of one’s child
Urdu پوتا, ناتی
- پوتا (potā)child of one’s child
- ناتی (nātī)child of one’s child
- پوتی (potī)child of one’s child
- ناتِن (nātin)child of one’s child
Vietnamese cháu
- cháuchild of one’s child
Welsh ŵyr
- ŵyrchild of one’s child
Yiddish אייניקל
- אייניקל (eynikl)child of one’s child
Zulu uḿzukûlu
- uḿzukûluchild of one’s child
Cite this entry
grandchild. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandchild
“grandchild.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandchild. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grandchild,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandchild.
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