great-granddaughter

noun

The daughter of someone's grandchild.

OriginEnglish granddaughter →
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Meanings

noungreat-granddaughter (plural great-granddaughters)

plural great-granddaughters · alternative great granddaughter · alternative greatgranddaughter

  1. The daughter of someone's grandchild.

    Her unluckier daughter and great-granddaughter have been tarred by amour's sloppy brush; but Mrs. Keppel, as her biographer Diana Souhami has written, "turned adultery into an art."

    1999 February 14, Liesl Schillinger, “The Lost Art of the Love Affair”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishgreat-
  2. Englishgrand-
  3. Englishdaughter
  4. Englishgranddaughter
  5. Englishgreat-granddaughter

From great- + granddaughter.

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Translations

Afrikaans agterkleindogter
  • agterkleindogterthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Bulgarian пра́внучка
  • пра́внучка (právnučka)the daughter of someone's grandchild
Catalan besneta, reneta
  • besnetathe daughter of someone's grandchild
  • renetathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Chinese Mandarin 曾孫女 /曾孙女
  • 曾孫女 /曾孙女 (zēngsūnnǚ)the daughter of someone's grandchild
Czech pravnučka
  • pravnučkathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Dutch achterkleindochter
  • achterkleindochterthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Esperanto pranepino
  • pranepinothe daughter of someone's grandchild
Estonian lapselapselaps
  • lapselapselapsthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Finnish lapsenlapsenlapsi
  • lapsenlapsenlapsithe daughter of someone's grandchild
French arrière-petite-fille
  • arrière-petite-fillethe daughter of someone's grandchild
German Urenkelin
  • Urenkelinthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Hindi परपोती
  • परपोती (parpotī)the daughter of someone's grandchild
Hungarian dédunoka
  • dédunokathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Japanese ひ孫娘
  • ひ孫娘 (himagomusume)the daughter of someone's grandchild
Latin proneptis
  • proneptisthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Latvian mazmazmeita
  • mazmazmeitathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Lithuanian produkraitė, proanūkė
  • produkraitėthe daughter of someone's grandchild
  • proanūkėthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Malay cicit perempuan, cicit
  • cicit perempuanthe daughter of someone's grandchild
  • cicitthe daughter of someone's grandchild
  • anak perempuan cucuthe daughter of someone's grandchild
  • cucu perempuan anakthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Norwegian Bokmål oldedatter
  • oldedatterthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Polish prawnuczka
  • prawnuczkathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Portuguese bisneta
  • bisnetathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Romanian strănepoată
  • strănepoatăthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Russian пра́внучка
  • пра́внучка (právnučka)the daughter of someone's grandchild
Scottish Gaelic iar-bhan-ogha
  • iar-bhan-oghathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Slovak pravnučka
  • pravnučkathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Spanish bisnieta
  • bisnietathe daughter of someone's grandchild
Swedish barnbarnsbarn
  • barnbarnsbarnthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Ukrainian пра́внучка
  • пра́внучка (právnučka)the daughter of someone's grandchild
Vietnamese chắt gái
  • chắt gáithe daughter of someone's grandchild
Welsh gorwyres
  • gorwyresthe daughter of someone's grandchild
Cite this entry
APA

great-granddaughter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-granddaughter

MLA

“great-granddaughter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-granddaughter. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great-granddaughter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-granddaughter.

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