Meanings
grandpa1
noungrandpa (plural grandpas)
plural grandpas · alternative gran'pa · alternative grampa
- informalgrandfather.
Grandpa2
proper noun
- derogatoryslangAn unfriendly and disparaging way of addressing an elderly man whose name is unknown.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe father of your father or mother
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From grand- + pa, after grandfather.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans oupa
- oupagrandfather (informal)
Arabic جَدِّي
- جَدِّي (jaddī)grandfather (informal)
Bulgarian дя́до
- дя́до (djádo)grandfather (informal)
Catalan iaio
- iaiograndfather (informal)
Chinese Mandarin 爺爺 /爷爷
- 爺爺 /爷爷 (yéye, yěyé)grandfather (informal)
Czech dědeček, děda
- dědečekgrandfather (informal)
- dědagrandfather (informal)
Danish bessefar, bedstefar
- bessefargrandfather (informal)
- bedstefargrandfather (informal)
Dutch opa
- opagrandfather (informal)
Finnish pappa, ukki
- pappagrandfather (informal)
- ukkigrandfather (informal)
- vaarigrandfather (informal)
French papi, papy
- papigrandfather (informal)
- papygrandfather (informal)
German Opa, Opi
- Opagrandfather (informal)
- Opigrandfather (informal)
Greek παππούς, πάππος
- παππούς (pappoús)grandfather (informal)
- πάππος (páppos)grandfather (informal)
Hebrew סבא
- סבאgrandfather (informal)
Italian nonno
- nonnograndfather (informal)
Japanese お爺ちゃん, お爺さん
- お爺ちゃん (ojii-chan)grandfather (informal)
- お爺さん (ojii-san)grandfather (informal)
Korean 할아버지
- 할아버지 (harabeoji)grandfather (informal)
Latvian opis, opaps
- opisgrandfather (informal)
- opapsgrandfather (informal)
Malay atuk, tuk
- atukgrandfather (informal)
- tukgrandfather (informal)
Polish dziadziuś
- dziadziuśgrandfather (informal)
Portuguese vovô
- vovôgrandfather (informal)
Romanian bunicuț
- bunicuțgrandfather (informal)
Russian де́душка, деду́ля
- де́душка (déduška)grandfather (informal)
- деду́ля (dedúlja)grandfather (informal)
Slovak dedko
- dedkograndfather (informal)
Spanish abuelo, abuelito
- abuelograndfather (informal)
- abuelitograndfather (informal)
- yayograndfather (informal)
Swedish farfar, morfar
- farfargrandfather (informal)
- morfargrandfather (informal)
Thai ปู่, ตา
- ปู่ (bpùu)grandfather (informal)
- ตา (dtaa)grandfather (informal)
Ukrainian діду́сь, діду́нь
- діду́сь (didúsʹ)grandfather (informal)
- діду́нь (didúnʹ)grandfather (informal)
Cite this entry
APA
grandpa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandpa
MLA
“grandpa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandpa. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grandpa,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandpa.
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