Meanings
noungrandson (plural grandsons)
plural grandsons
- A son of one's child.
She’s now a great-grandmother with three sons, a grandson and two great-grandchildren.
2017 February 10, Maureen O'Hare, “Great-grandmother cycles 10,000 miles – and she’s not stopping”, in CNN1 more example
Three days after his young grandsons died in a fire police said was set by their father, Chuck Cox on Wednesday still was coming to grips with what happened.
2012 February 8, CNN Wire Staff, “Powell boys’ grandfather: How could son-in-law do that?”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Englishgrand-
- Proto-Indo-European*sew-?
- Proto-Indo-European*sewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*suHnús
- Proto-Germanic*sunuz
- Proto-West Germanic*sunu
- Old Englishsunu
- Middle Englishsone
- Englishson
- Englishgrandson
Translations
Afrikaans kleinseun
- kleinseunson of one's child
Ancient Greek υἱωνός
- υἱωνός (huiōnós)son of one's child
Arabic حَفِيد
- حَفِيد (ḥafīd)son of one's child
Bengali নাতি
- নাতি (nati)son of one's child
Bulgarian внук
- внук (vnuk)son of one's child
Catalan nét
- nétson of one's child
Chinese Mandarin 孫子 /孙子, 外孫 /外孙
- 孫子 /孙子 (sūnzi)son of one's child
- 外孫 /外孙 (wàisūn)son of one's child
Czech vnuk
- vnukson of one's child
Danish sønnesøn, dattersøn
- sønnesønson of one's child
- dattersønson of one's child
Dutch kleinzoon
- kleinzoonson of one's child
Esperanto nepo
- neposon of one's child
Estonian pojapoeg, tütrepoeg
- pojapoegson of one's child
- tütrepoegson of one's child
Finnish pojanpoika, tyttärenpoika
- pojanpoikason of one's child
- tyttärenpoikason of one's child
- lapsenlapsison of one's child
French petit-fils
- petit-filsson of one's child
German Enkelsohn, Enkel
- Enkelsohnson of one's child
- Enkelson of one's child
- Großsohnson of one's child
- Grosssohnson of one's child
Greek εγγονός
- εγγονός (engonós)son of one's child
Hebrew נֶכֶד
- נֶכֶד (nékhed)son of one's child
Hindi पोता, नाती
- पोता (potā)son of one's child
- नाती (nātī)son of one's child
Hungarian unoka
- unokason of one's child
Icelandic sonarsonur, dóttursonur
- sonarsonurson of one's child
- dóttursonurson of one's child
Indonesian cucu
- cucuson of one's child
Irish ó, (son’s son) mac mic
- óson of one's child
- (son’s son) mac micson of one's child
- mac iníneson of one's child
Italian nipote
- nipoteson of one's child
Japanese 孫息子, 孫
- 孫息子 (magomusuko)son of one's child
- 孫 (mago)son of one's child
Korean 손자, 외손자
- 손자 (sonja)son of one's child
- 외손자 (oesonja)son of one's child
Latin nepōs, prōfīlius
- nepōsson of one's child
- prōfīliusson of one's child
Latvian mazdēls
- mazdēlsson of one's child
Lithuanian vaikaitis, anūkas
- vaikaitisson of one's child
- anūkasson of one's child
Malay cucu lelaki, cucu
- cucu lelakison of one's child
- cucuson of one's child
Norwegian Bokmål sønnesønn, dattersønn
- sønnesønnson of one's child
- dattersønnson of one's child
- sønnebarnson of one's child
- datterbarnson of one's child
Polish wnuk, wnuczek
- wnukson of one's child
- wnuczekson of one's child
Portuguese neto
- netoson of one's child
Romanian nepot
- nepotson of one's child
Russian внук, внучо́к
- внук (vnuk)son of one's child
- внучо́к (vnučók)son of one's child
Scottish Gaelic mac-mic, mac-ighne
- mac-micson of one's child
- mac-ighneson of one's child
Slovak vnuk
- vnukson of one's child
Spanish nieto
- nietoson of one's child
Swedish sonson, dotterson
- sonsonson of one's child
- dottersonson of one's child
Tamil பேரன், பெயரன்
- பேரன் (pēraṉ)son of one's child
- பெயரன் (peyaraṉ)son of one's child
Thai หลานชาย
- หลานชาย (lǎan-chaai)son of one's child
Turkish erkek torun, torun
- erkek torunson of one's child
- torunson of one's child
Ukrainian ону́к, внук
- ону́к (onúk)son of one's child
- внук (vnuk)son of one's child
Urdu پوتا, ناتی
- پوتا (potā)son of one's child
- ناتی (nātī)son of one's child
Vietnamese cháu trai, cháu nội
- cháu traison of one's child
- cháu nộison of one's child
- cháu ngoạison of one's child
Welsh ŵyr
- ŵyrson of one's child
Yiddish גראַנסאַן
- גראַנסאַן (gransan)son of one's child
Cite this entry
APA
grandson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandson
MLA
“grandson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandson. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grandson,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandson.
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