Meanings
plural grandparents · alternative grand-parent
- The parent of someone's parent.
More than 140,000 US children have lost a parent or grandparent who takes care of them to Covid-19, CDC researchers reported Thursday, which is as many as one in 500 US kids.
2021 October 8, Maggie Fox, “Covid-19 has taken the parents or grandparents of 140,000 US children, and minorities were hit harder”, in CNN1 more example
A 15-year-old orphan is being forced from the Arizona senior community where he lives with his grandparents after the homeowner’s association said it could face legal issues if he stayed.
2020 January 16, Scottie Andrew, “An orphaned teen is being forced out of his grandparents’ senior community because he’s too young”, in CNN
present singular third person grandparents · participle present grandparenting · participle past grandparented · past grandparented · alternative grand-parent
- Synonym of grandfather.
Synonyms: grandfather
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of grandfather.
with regard to ancestry
Origin
From grand- + parent. Compare French grand-parent.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جَدّ, جَدَّة
- جَدّ (jadd)parent of one's parent
- جَدَّة (jadda)parent of one's parent
Chinese Cantonese 祖父母, 公公婆婆
- 祖父母 (zou² fu⁶ mou⁵)parent of one's parent
- 公公婆婆 (maternal)parent of one's parent
- 爺爺嫲嫲 /爷爷嫲嫲 (je⁴ je⁴ maa⁴ maa⁴)parent of one's parent
Chinese Mandarin 祖父母
- 祖父母 (zǔfùmǔ)parent of one's parent
Czech prarodič
- prarodičparent of one's parent
Dutch grootouder
- grootouderparent of one's parent
Finnish isovanhempi
- isovanhempiparent of one's parent
French grand-parent, aïeul
- grand-parentparent of one's parent
- aïeulparent of one's parent
- aïeuleparent of one's parent
German Großeltern, Großelternteil
- Großelternparent of one's parent
- Großelternteilparent of one's parent
Hawaiian kupuna
- kupunaparent of one's parent
Hungarian nagyszülő
- nagyszülőparent of one's parent
Indonesian kakek, nenek
- kakekparent of one's parent
- nenekparent of one's parent
Irish seantuismitheoir
- seantuismitheoirparent of one's parent
Italian nonno, nonna
- nonnoparent of one's parent
- nonnaparent of one's parent
Japanese 祖父母
- 祖父母 (sofubo)parent of one's parent
Korean 조부모
- 조부모 (jobumo)parent of one's parent
Latvian vecvecāki
- vecvecākiparent of one's parent
Malay datuk nenek
- datuk nenekparent of one's parent
Norwegian Bokmål besteforelder
- besteforelderparent of one's parent
Polish dziadkowie
- dziadkowieparent of one's parent
Portuguese avós, avô
- avósparent of one's parent
- avôparent of one's parent
- avóparent of one's parent
Russian де́душка, дед
- де́душка (déduška)parent of one's parent
- дед (ded)parent of one's parent
- ба́бушка (bábuška)parent of one's parent
- ба́ба (bába)parent of one's parent
Scottish Gaelic seann-phàrant
- seann-phàrantparent of one's parent
Spanish abuelo, abuela
- abueloparent of one's parent
- abuelaparent of one's parent
Swedish see also farfar, farmor
- see also farfarparent of one's parent
- farmorparent of one's parent
- morfarparent of one's parent
- mormor.parent of one's parent
Yiddish זיידע־באָבע, באָבע־זיידע
- זיידע־באָבע (zeyde-bobe)parent of one's parent
- באָבע־זיידע (bobe-zeyde)parent of one's parent
Cite this entry
grandparent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandparent
“grandparent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandparent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grandparent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandparent.
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