noun
Meaning 1
A grandfather of one's spouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grandfather-in-law
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History
Etymology
From grandfather + -in-law.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: ressogre — grandfather of one's spouse
- Dutch: schoongrootvader — grandfather of one's spouse
- Esperanto: boavo — grandfather of one's spouse
- Finnish: puolison isoisä — grandfather of one's spouse
- Finnish: isoappi — grandfather of one's spouse
- French: beau-grand-père — grandfather of one's spouse
- German: Schwiegergroßvater — grandfather of one's spouse
- German: Schwiegeropa — grandfather of one's spouse
- Hungarian: nagyapós — grandfather of one's spouse
- Ido: boavulo — grandfather of one's spouse
- Latin: prosocer — grandfather of one's spouse
- Malay: datuk mertua — grandfather of one's spouse
- Serbo-Croatian: пратаст — grandfather of one's spouse
- Serbo-Croatian: прасвекар — grandfather of one's spouse
- Serbo-Croatian: прапунац — grandfather of one's spouse
- Serbo-Croatian: pratast — grandfather of one's spouse
- Serbo-Croatian: prasvekar — grandfather of one's spouse
- Serbo-Croatian: prapunac — grandfather of one's spouse
- Spanish: abuelo político — grandfather of one's spouse
- Turkish: kayın dede — grandfather of one's spouse