Meanings
noungreat-grandfather (plural great-grandfathers)
plural great-grandfathers · alternative great grandfather
- The father of one's grandparent.
The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.
2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 133Synonyms: besaiel, great-grandpa
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe father of one's grandparent.
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Afrikaans oupagrootjie, oorgrootvader
- oupagrootjiefather of one's grandparent
- oorgrootvaderfather of one's grandparent
Basque birraitona, birraitita
- birraitonafather of one's grandparent
- birraititafather of one's grandparent
Bengali পরদাদা
- পরদাদা (pordada)father of one's grandparent
Bulgarian прадядо
- прадядо (pradjado)father of one's grandparent
Catalan besavi
- besavifather of one's grandparent
Chinese Mandarin 曾祖父
- 曾祖父 (zēngzǔfù)father of one's grandparent
Czech pradědeček, praděd
- pradědečekfather of one's grandparent
- pradědfather of one's grandparent
Danish oldefar, oldefader
- oldefarfather of one's grandparent
- oldefaderfather of one's grandparent
Dutch overgrootvader
- overgrootvaderfather of one's grandparent
Esperanto praavo
- praavofather of one's grandparent
Finnish isoisoisä, isoisän isä
- isoisoisäfather of one's grandparent
- isoisän isäfather of one's grandparent
French arrière-grand-père, bisaïeul
- arrière-grand-pèrefather of one's grandparent
- bisaïeulfather of one's grandparent
German Urgroßvater, Urgrossvater
- Urgroßvaterfather of one's grandparent
- Urgrossvaterfather of one's grandparent
Greek προπάππος
- προπάππος (propáppos)father of one's grandparent
Hebrew סבא רבא \ סַבָּא רַבָּא
- סבא רבא \ סַבָּא רַבָּא (sába rába)father of one's grandparent
Hindi परदादा, परनाना
- परदादा (pardādā)father of one's grandparent
- परनाना (parnānā)father of one's grandparent
Hungarian dédapa, dédnagyapa
- dédapafather of one's grandparent
- dédnagyapafather of one's grandparent
Icelandic langafi
- langafifather of one's grandparent
Indonesian kakek buyut
- kakek buyutfather of one's grandparent
Irish sin-seanathair
- sin-seanathairfather of one's grandparent
Italian bisnonno, bisavolo
- bisnonnofather of one's grandparent
- bisavolofather of one's grandparent
- bisavofather of one's grandparent
- proavolofather of one's grandparent
- proavofather of one's grandparent
Japanese 曾祖父
- 曾祖父 (sōsofu)father of one's grandparent
Korean 증조부
- 증조부 (jeungjobu)father of one's grandparent
Latin proavus
- proavusfather of one's grandparent
Latvian vecvectēvs
- vecvectēvsfather of one's grandparent
Lithuanian prosenelis
- prosenelisfather of one's grandparent
Malay moyang lelaki, moyang
- moyang lelakifather of one's grandparent
- moyangfather of one's grandparent
- bapa datuk nenekfather of one's grandparent
Norwegian Bokmål oldefar
- oldefarfather of one's grandparent
Persian پدرِ مادربزرگ, پدرِ پدربزرگ
- پدرِ مادربزرگ (pedar-e mâdar-bozorg)father of one's grandparent
- پدرِ پدربزرگ (pedar-e pedar-bozorg)father of one's grandparent
Polish pradziadek
- pradziadekfather of one's grandparent
Portuguese bisavô
- bisavôfather of one's grandparent
Romanian străbunic
- străbunicfather of one's grandparent
Russian пра́дед, праде́душка
- пра́дед (práded)father of one's grandparent
- праде́душка (pradéduška)father of one's grandparent
Scottish Gaelic sinn-seanair
- sinn-seanairfather of one's grandparent
Slovak pradedo
- pradedofather of one's grandparent
Spanish bisabuelo
- bisabuelofather of one's grandparent
Swedish farfarsfar, farmorsfar
- farfarsfarfather of one's grandparent
- farmorsfarfather of one's grandparent
- morfarsfarfather of one's grandparent
- mormorsfarfather of one's grandparent
- gammelfarfarfather of one's grandparent
- gammelmorfarfather of one's grandparent
Tagalog lolo sa tuhod
- lolo sa tuhodfather of one's grandparent
Tamil முப்பாட்டன், கொள்ளுப்பாட்டன்
- முப்பாட்டன் (muppāṭṭaṉ)father of one's grandparent
- கொள்ளுப்பாட்டன் (koḷḷuppāṭṭaṉ)father of one's grandparent
- கொள்ளுத்தாத்தா (koḷḷuttāttā)father of one's grandparent
Ukrainian пра́дід
- пра́дід (prádid)father of one's grandparent
Vietnamese ông cố, cụ ông
- ông cốfather of one's grandparent
- cụ ôngfather of one's grandparent
Welsh hen daid, hen dad-cu
- hen daidfather of one's grandparent
- hen dad-cufather of one's grandparent
Yiddish עלטער־זיידע
- עלטער־זיידע (elter-zeyde)father of one's grandparent
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