Meanings
noungreat-grandmother (plural great-grandmothers)
plural great-grandmothers · alternative great grandmother
- The mother of one's grandparent.
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 CNNSynonyms: great-grandma
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe mother of one's grandparent.
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Translations
Afrikaans oumagrootjie, oorgrootmoeder
- oumagrootjiemother of one's grandparent
- oorgrootmoedermother of one's grandparent
Basque birramona, birramama
- birramonamother of one's grandparent
- birramamamother of one's grandparent
Bengali পরদাদী
- পরদাদী (pordadi)mother of one's grandparent
Bulgarian праба́ба
- праба́ба (prabába)mother of one's grandparent
Catalan besàvia, redepadrina
- besàviamother of one's grandparent
- redepadrinamother of one's grandparent
Chinese Cantonese 太嫲, 太婆
- 太嫲 (taai³ maa⁴)mother of one's grandparent
- 太婆mother of one's grandparent
Chinese Mandarin 曾祖母
- 曾祖母 (zēngzǔmǔ)mother of one's grandparent
Czech prababička, prabába
- prababičkamother of one's grandparent
- prabábamother of one's grandparent
Danish oldemor, oldemoder
- oldemormother of one's grandparent
- oldemodermother of one's grandparent
Dutch overgrootmoeder
- overgrootmoedermother of one's grandparent
Esperanto praavino
- praavinomother of one's grandparent
Finnish isoisoäiti, isoäidin äiti
- isoisoäitimother of one's grandparent
- isoäidin äitimother of one's grandparent
- isomummimother of one's grandparent
- isomummomother of one's grandparent
- isomummumother of one's grandparent
French arrière-grand-mère, bisaïeule
- arrière-grand-mèremother of one's grandparent
- bisaïeulemother of one's grandparent
German Urgroßmutter, Urgrossmutter
- Urgroßmuttermother of one's grandparent
- Urgrossmuttermother of one's grandparent
Greek προγιαγιά
- προγιαγιά (progiagiá)mother of one's grandparent
Hebrew סבתא רבתא \ סָבְתָא רַבְּתָא
- סבתא רבתא \ סָבְתָא רַבְּתָא (sávta rábta)mother of one's grandparent
Hindi परदादी, परनानी
- परदादी (pardādī)mother of one's grandparent
- परनानी (parnānī)mother of one's grandparent
Hungarian dédanya
- dédanyamother of one's grandparent
Icelandic langamma
- langammamother of one's grandparent
Indonesian nenek buyut
- nenek buyutmother of one's grandparent
Irish sin-seanmháthair
- sin-seanmháthairmother of one's grandparent
Italian bisnonna, bisavola
- bisnonnamother of one's grandparent
- bisavolamother of one's grandparent
- bisavamother of one's grandparent
- proavolamother of one's grandparent
- proavamother of one's grandparent
Japanese 曾祖母, 曾お祖母さん
- 曾祖母 (sōsobo)mother of one's grandparent
- 曾お祖母さん (hii-obāsan)mother of one's grandparent
Korean 증조모
- 증조모 (jeungjomo)mother of one's grandparent
Malay moyang perempuan, moyang
- moyang perempuanmother of one's grandparent
- moyangmother of one's grandparent
- ibu datuk nenekmother of one's grandparent
Norwegian Bokmål oldemor
- oldemormother of one's grandparent
Polish prababcia, prababka
- prababciamother of one's grandparent
- prababkamother of one's grandparent
Portuguese bisavó
- bisavómother of one's grandparent
Romanian străbunică
- străbunicămother of one's grandparent
Russian праба́бушка, праба́бка
- праба́бушка (prabábuška)mother of one's grandparent
- праба́бка (prabábka)mother of one's grandparent
Scottish Gaelic sinn-seanmhair
- sinn-seanmhairmother of one's grandparent
Slovak prababička
- prababičkamother of one's grandparent
Spanish bisabuela
- bisabuelamother of one's grandparent
Swedish farfarsmor, farmorsmor
- farfarsmormother of one's grandparent
- farmorsmormother of one's grandparent
- morfarsmormother of one's grandparent
- mormorsmormother of one's grandparent
- gammelfarmormother of one's grandparent
- gammelmormormother of one's grandparent
Tagalog lola sa tuhod
- lola sa tuhodmother of one's grandparent
Tamil கொள்ளுப்பாட்டி
- கொள்ளுப்பாட்டி (koḷḷuppāṭṭi)mother of one's grandparent
Ukrainian прабабу́ся, праба́ба
- прабабу́ся (prababúsja)mother of one's grandparent
- праба́ба (prabába)mother of one's grandparent
Vietnamese bà cố
- bà cốmother of one's grandparent
Welsh hen nain, hen fam-gu
- hen nainmother of one's grandparent
- hen fam-gumother of one's grandparent
Yiddish אור־באָבע, עלטער־באָבע
- אור־באָבע (ur-bobe)mother of one's grandparent
- עלטער־באָבע (elter-bobe)mother of one's grandparent
Cite this entry
APA
great-grandmother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-grandmother
MLA
“great-grandmother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-grandmother. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great-grandmother,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-grandmother.
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