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grandchild

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A child of someone's child.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a child of your son or daughter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: offspring, progeny, issue

Narrower terms: granddaughter, grandson, great grandchild

History

Etymology

From grand- + child.

Across languages

Translations

194 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: амоҭа (amota) — child of one’s child
  • Afrikaans: kleinkind — child of one’s child
  • Ainu: ミッポ (mitpo) — child of one’s child
  • Arabic: حَفِيد (ḥafīd) — child of one’s child
  • Arabic: حَفِيدَة (ḥafīda) — child of one’s child
  • Armenian: թոռ (tʻoṙ) — child of one’s child
  • Armenian: թոռնիկ (tʻoṙnik) — child of one’s child
  • Assamese: নাতি (nati) — child of one’s child
  • Assamese: নাতিনী (natini) — child of one’s child
  • Asturian: nietu — child of one’s child
  • Asturian: ñetu — child of one’s child
  • Asturian: nieta — child of one’s child
  • Asturian: ñeta — child of one’s child
  • Avar: васасул вас (wasasul was) — child of one’s child
  • Avar: ясальул яс (jasaljul jas) — child of one’s child
  • Azerbaijani: nəvə — child of one’s child
  • Basque: biloba — child of one’s child
  • Belarusian: уну́к (unúk) — child of one’s child
  • Belarusian: ўнук (wnuk) — child of one’s child
  • Belarusian: уну́чка (unúčka) — child of one’s child
  • Belarusian: ўну́чка (wnúčka) — child of one’s child
  • Bemba: umwishikulu class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Bende: mwîsukúlú — child of one’s child
  • Bengali: নাতি (nati) — child of one’s child
  • Bengali: নাতনি (natoni) — child of one’s child
  • Central Bikol: makuapo — child of one’s child
  • Breton: bugel-bihan — child of one’s child
  • Bulgarian: внук (vnuk) — child of one’s child
  • Bulgarian: вну́чка (vnúčka) — child of one’s child
  • Bulgarian: вну́че (vnúče) — child of one’s child
  • Burmese: မြေး (mre:) — child of one’s child
  • Catalan: nét — child of one’s child
  • Catalan: néta — child of one’s child
  • Cebuano: apo — child of one’s child
  • Chichewa: mdzukulu — child of one’s child
  • Chinese Cantonese: 孫 /孙 (syun1) — child of one’s child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孫子 /孙子 (sūnzi) — child of one’s child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孫兒 /孙儿 (sūn'ér) — child of one’s child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孫女 /孙女 (sūnnǚ) — child of one’s child
  • Chuabo: mudhuulu class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Mwali Comorian: mdjuhu — child of one’s child
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mdjuhu — child of one’s child
  • Cornish: flogh gwynn — child of one’s child
  • Cornish: flogh gwydn — child of one’s child
  • Czech: vnouče — child of one’s child
  • Danish: barnebarn — child of one’s child
  • Dutch: kleinkind — child of one’s child
  • Dutch: kindskind — child of one’s child
  • Esperanto: genepo — child of one’s child
  • Ewe: tɔgbuiyɔvi — child of one’s child
  • Ewe: mamayɔvi — child of one’s child
  • Finnish: lapsenlapsi — child of one’s child
  • French: petit-enfant — child of one’s child
  • Galician: neto — child of one’s child
  • Georgian: შვილიშვილი (švilišvili) — child of one’s child
  • German: Enkel — child of one’s child
  • German: Enkelkind — child of one’s child
  • German: Kindeskind — child of one’s child
  • Greek: εγγόνι (engóni) — child of one’s child
  • Ancient Greek: ἔγγονος (éngonos) — child of one’s child
  • Mbya Guarani: amymino — child of one’s child
  • Gungu: mwizukulu class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Hawaiian: moʻopuna — child of one’s child
  • Hebrew: נֶכֶד (nékhed) — child of one’s child
  • Hebrew: נֶכְדָּה (nekhdá) — child of one’s child
  • Hindi: पोता (potā) — child of one’s child
  • Hindi: नाती (nātī) — child of one’s child
  • Hindi: पोती (potī) — child of one’s child
  • Hindi: नातिन (nātin) — child of one’s child
  • Hungarian: unoka — child of one’s child
  • Icelandic: barnabarn — child of one’s child
  • Ido: nepoto — child of one’s child
  • Ikizu: ʉmʉzʉkʉrʉ class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Indonesian: cucu — child of one’s child
  • Ingrian: vunukka — child of one’s child
  • Irish: garpháiste — child of one’s child
  • Irish: ó — child of one’s child
  • Irish: duine garchlainne — child of one’s child
  • Irish: clann clainne — child of one’s child
  • Italian: nipote — child of one’s child
  • Japanese: 孫 (mago) — child of one’s child
  • Kabwa: omwijukuru class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Kalenjin: mjokoret — child of one’s child
  • Kazakh: немере (nemere) — child of one’s child
  • Khmer: ចៅ (caw) — child of one’s child
  • Khmer: នត្តា (nŏəttaa) — child of one’s child
  • Korean: 손주 (sonju) — child of one’s child
  • Korean: 외손주 (oesonju) — child of one’s child
  • Northern Kurdish: nevî — child of one’s child
  • Northern Kurdish: torin — child of one’s child
  • Kyrgyz: мемире (memire) — child of one’s child
  • Kyrgyz: небире (nebire) — child of one’s child
  • Ladino: inyeto — child of one’s child
  • Ladino: inyeta — child of one’s child
  • Lao: ຫລານ (lān) — child of one’s child
  • Latgalian: bārnubārns — child of one’s child
  • Latgalian: unuks — child of one’s child
  • Latin: nepos — child of one’s child
  • Latin: neptis — child of one’s child
  • Latin: nepote — child of one’s child
  • Latin: nipote — child of one’s child
  • Latin: neptos — child of one’s child
  • Latvian: mazbērns — child of one’s child
  • Lithuanian: vaikaitis — child of one’s child
  • Lithuanian: anūkas — child of one’s child
  • Luganda: omuzzukulu — child of one’s child
  • Lushootseed: ʔibac — child of one’s child
  • Macedonian: внук (vnuk) — child of one’s child
  • Macedonian: вну́ка (vnúka) — child of one’s child
  • Malay: cucu — child of one’s child
  • Malay: چوچو — child of one’s child
  • Malayalam: പേരക്കുട്ടി (pērakkuṭṭi) — child of one’s child
  • Malayalam: പേരക്കിടാവ് (pērakkiṭāvŭ) — child of one’s child
  • Maltese: neputi — child of one’s child
  • Maltese: neputija — child of one’s child
  • Mambwe-Lungu: umwizikulu class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Manx: cloan ny clienney — child of one’s child
  • Manx: oe — child of one’s child
  • Māori: mokopuna — child of one’s child
  • Mbukushu: mwikuru class 1a — child of one’s child
  • Meru: kajuju — child of one’s child
  • Mongolian: ач (ač) — child of one’s child
  • Mongolian: зээ (zee) — child of one’s child
  • Mwani: njukulu — child of one’s child
  • Navajo: bitsóóké — child of one’s child
  • Northern Ndebele: úḿzúkûlu — child of one’s child
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barnebarn — child of one’s child
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: barnebarn — child of one’s child
  • Nyole (Uganda): omwijuhulu class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Nyoro: omwijukuru class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Occitan: felen — child of one’s child
  • Occitan: felena — child of one’s child
  • Northern Ohlone: tsót̄so — child of one’s child
  • Ossetian: фыртыфырт (fyrtyfyrt) — child of one’s child
  • Ossetian: чызджыфырт (ḱyzǵyfyrt) — child of one’s child
  • Pennsylvania German: Kinnskind — child of one’s child
  • Dari: نَوَاسَه (nawāsa) — child of one’s child
  • Dari: نَبَسَه (nabasa) — child of one’s child
  • Iranian Persian: نَوِه (nave) — child of one’s child
  • Iranian Persian: نَبَسِه (nabase) — child of one’s child
  • Polish: wnuczę — child of one’s child
  • Portuguese: neto — child of one’s child
  • Portuguese: neta — child of one’s child
  • Quechua: willka — child of one’s child
  • Russian: внук (vnuk) — child of one’s child
  • Russian: вну́чка (vnúčka) — child of one’s child
  • Russian: вну́ки (vnúki) — child of one’s child
  • Rwanda-Rundi: umwuzukuru — child of one’s child
  • Sanskrit: नपात् (napāt) — child of one’s child
  • Scots: oe — child of one’s child
  • Scottish Gaelic: ogha — child of one’s child
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀нуче — child of one’s child
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùnuče — child of one’s child
  • Shona: muzukuru — child of one’s child
  • Slovak: vnúča — child of one’s child
  • Spanish: nieto — child of one’s child
  • Swahili: mjukuu — child of one’s child
  • Swazi: úḿtúkulu — child of one’s child
  • Swedish: barnbarn — child of one’s child
  • Tagalog: apo — child of one’s child
  • Tajik: набера (nabera) — child of one’s child
  • Tajik: навоса (navosa) — child of one’s child
  • Talysh: نوه (nava) — child of one’s child
  • Taos: mą́kuna — child of one’s child
  • Tarifit: ayyaw — child of one’s child
  • Tarifit: tayyawt — child of one’s child
  • Tatar: онык (onıq) — child of one’s child
  • Thai: หลาน (lǎan) — child of one’s child
  • Tonga (Malawi): mzuku class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Tumbuka: mzukuru — child of one’s child
  • Turkish: torun — child of one’s child
  • Turkmen: agtyk — child of one’s child
  • Tuvan: уруунуң уруу (uruunuñ uruu) — child of one’s child
  • Tuvan: уруунуң оглу (uruunuñ oglu) — child of one’s child
  • Tuvan: оглунуң уруу (oglunuñ uruu) — child of one’s child
  • Tuvan: оглунуң оглу (oglunuñ oglu) — child of one’s child
  • Ukrainian: внуча́ (vnučá) — child of one’s child
  • Ukrainian: онуча́ (onučá) — child of one’s child
  • Ukrainian: унуча́ (unučá) — child of one’s child
  • Urdu: پوتا (potā) — child of one’s child
  • Urdu: ناتی (nātī) — child of one’s child
  • Urdu: پوتی (potī) — child of one’s child
  • Urdu: ناتِن (nātin) — child of one’s child
  • Uyghur: نەۋرە (newre) — child of one’s child
  • Uzbek: nabira — child of one’s child
  • Uzbek: nevara — child of one’s child
  • Venda: muḓuhulu class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Vietnamese: cháu — child of one’s child
  • Volapük: poscil — child of one’s child
  • Welsh: ŵyr — child of one’s child
  • Yao (Africa): cisukulu class 7 — child of one’s child
  • Yiddish: אייניקל (eynikl) — child of one’s child
  • Zigula: mwezikulu class 1 — child of one’s child
  • Zulu: uḿzukûlu — child of one’s child
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