grandmother

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• UK: /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹænˌmʌðə/
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• General-American: /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: G R AE1 N D M AH2 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English graundmodre, grauntmoder, granmoder; equivalent to grand- + mother. Compare French grand-mère. Superseded earlier eldmother, eldermother.

377 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: анду (andu) — mother of someone's parent
• Afrikaans: ouma — mother of someone's parent
• Ahtna: -tsucde — mother of someone's parent
• Ainu: フチ (huci) — mother of someone's parent
• Albanian: gjyshe — mother of someone's parent
• Aleut: kukax — mother of someone's parent
• Southern Altai: таай эне (taay ene) — mother of someone's parent
• Ambonese Malay: oma — mother of someone's parent
• Ambonese Malay: nene — mother of someone's parent
• Amharic: ሴት አያት (set ʾäyat) — mother of someone's parent
• Arabic: جَدَّة (jadda) — mother of someone's parent
• Arabic: تيتة (tēta) — mother of someone's parent
• Arabic: جدة (gidda) — mother of someone's parent
• Arabic: أنّة (anna) — mother of someone's parent
• Arabic: ستّو (sittu) — mother of someone's parent
• Juba Arabic: habuuba — mother of someone's parent
• Arabic: جدة (jidde) — mother of someone's parent
• Arabic: ست (sitt) — mother of someone's parent
• Arabic: تيتة (tēta) — mother of someone's parent
• Sudanese Arabic: حبوبة (ḥabbōba) — mother of someone's parent
• Aragonese: agüela — mother of someone's parent
• Aramaic: ܣܒܬܐ (sāḇtā) — mother of someone's parent
• Aramaic: ܩܫܝܫܬܐ (qaššīštā) — mother of someone's parent
• Armenian: տատ (tat) — mother of someone's parent
• Armenian: տատիկ (tatik) — mother of someone's parent
• Armenian: հան (han) — mother of someone's parent
• Aromanian: omã — mother of someone's parent
• Aromanian: babã — mother of someone's parent
• Asturian: güela — mother of someone's parent
• Azerbaijani: nənə — mother of someone's parent
• Azerbaijani: нәнә — mother of someone's parent
• Balinese: dadong — mother of someone's parent
• Basque: amona — mother of someone's parent
• Belarusian: бабу́ля (babúlja) — mother of someone's parent
• Bengali: নানী (nani) — mother of someone's parent
• Bengali: নানু (nanu) — mother of someone's parent
• Bengali: দাদি (dadi) — mother of someone's parent
• Bengali: দাদু (dadu) — mother of someone's parent
• Bhojpuri: दादी के बा (dādī kē bā) — mother of someone's parent
• Bhojpuri: दादी (dādī) — mother of someone's parent
• Central Bikol: lola — mother of someone's parent
• Breton: mamm-gozh — mother of someone's parent
• Bulgarian: ба́ба (bába) — mother of someone's parent
• Burmese: အဘွား (a.bhwa:) — mother of someone's parent
• Burmese: ဘွားဘွား (bhwa:bhwa:) — mother of someone's parent
• Catalan: àvia — mother of someone's parent
• Catalan: iaia — mother of someone's parent
• Chamicuro: payako — mother of someone's parent
• Cherokee: ᎡᏂᏏ (enisi) — mother of someone's parent
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏏ (alisi) — mother of someone's parent
• Chichewa: gogo — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 嫲嫲 (maa4 maa4) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 婆婆 (maternal) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 祖母 (zou2 mou5) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 外祖母 (ngoi6 zou2 mou5) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Cantonese: 外婆 (ngoi6 po4) — mother of someone's parent
• Hakka Chinese: 阿婆 (â-phò) — mother of someone's parent
• Hakka Chinese: 姐婆 (chiá-phò) — mother of someone's parent
• Hakka Chinese: 外阿婆 (ngoi-â-phò) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese: 阿媽 /阿妈 (zh-min-nan) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese: 外媽 /外妈 (guā-má) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese: 內媽 /内妈 (lāi-má) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 奶奶 (nǎinai) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 祖母 (zǔmǔ) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 外祖母 (wàizǔmǔ) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 外婆 (wàipó) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinese Mandarin: 姥姥 (lǎolao) — mother of someone's parent
• Chinook Jargon: chope — mother of someone's parent
• Chuvash: кукамай (kuk̬amaj) — mother of someone's parent
• Chuvash: асанне (as̬anne) — mother of someone's parent
• Ngazidja Comorian: koko — mother of someone's parent
• Corsican: mammone — mother of someone's parent
• Crimean Tatar: qartana — mother of someone's parent
• Czech: babička — mother of someone's parent
• Danish: bedstemor — mother of someone's parent
• Danish: bedste — mother of someone's parent
• Central Dusun: todu — mother of someone's parent
• Dutch: grootmoeder — mother of someone's parent
• Dutch: oma — mother of someone's parent
• Esperanto: avino — mother of someone's parent
• Estonian: vanaema — mother of someone's parent
• Ewe: mama — mother of someone's parent
• Extremaduran: ávila — mother of someone's parent
• Faroese: omma — mother of someone's parent
• Finnish: isoäiti — mother of someone's parent
• Finnish: mummi — mother of someone's parent
• Finnish: mummo — mother of someone's parent
• Finnish: äidinäiti — mother of someone's parent
• Finnish: isänäiti — mother of someone's parent
• French: grand-mère — mother of someone's parent
• French: aïeule — mother of someone's parent
• North Frisian: ualmam — mother of someone's parent
• North Frisian: aol — mother of someone's parent
• North Frisian: ååle — mother of someone's parent
• West-Frisian: beppe — mother of someone's parent
• Friulian: none — mother of someone's parent
• Friulian: ave — mother of someone's parent
• Galician: avoa — mother of someone's parent
• Georgian: ბებია (bebia) — mother of someone's parent
• Georgian: დიდედა (dideda) — mother of someone's parent
• Georgian: ბებო (bebo) — mother of someone's parent
• Georgian: ბაბო (babo) — mother of someone's parent
• German: Großmutter — mother of someone's parent
• German: Oma — mother of someone's parent
• German: Omi — mother of someone's parent
• German: Großmütterchen — mother of someone's parent
• German: Großmütterlein — mother of someone's parent
• German: Grosi — mother of someone's parent
• German: Grußmutter — mother of someone's parent
• German: Gruußmutter — mother of someone's parent
• Swabian: Ahna — mother of someone's parent
• Greek: γιαγιά (giagiá) — mother of someone's parent
• Greek: μάμμη (mámmi) — mother of someone's parent
• Ancient Greek: μάμμη (mámmē) — mother of someone's parent
• Ancient Greek: τήθη (tḗthē) — mother of someone's parent
• Pontic Greek: καλομάνα (kalomána) — mother of someone's parent
• Greenlandic: aanaq — mother of someone's parent
• Greenlandic: aanaa — mother of someone's parent
• Halkomelem: sísele — mother of someone's parent
• Hamer-Banna: aaká — mother of someone's parent
• Hausa: kaka — mother of someone's parent
• Hawaiian: kupunawahine — mother of someone's parent
• Hebrew: סָבָה (savá) — mother of someone's parent
• Hebrew: סָבְתָא (sávta) — mother of someone's parent
• Hindi: दादी (dādī) — mother of someone's parent
• Hindi: नानी (nānī) — mother of someone's parent
• White Hmong: pog — mother of someone's parent
• White Hmong: niam tais — mother of someone's parent
• Hungarian: nagyanya — mother of someone's parent
• Hungarian: nagymama — mother of someone's parent
• Icelandic: amma — mother of someone's parent
• Ido: avino — mother of someone's parent
• Igbo: nnenna — mother of someone's parent
• Indonesian: nenek — mother of someone's parent
• Ingrian: ämmä — mother of someone's parent
• Ingrian: ämmö — mother of someone's parent
• Ingush: даь-нана (dä-nana) — mother of someone's parent
• Ingush: наьн-нана (nän-nana) — mother of someone's parent
• Interlingua: granmatre — mother of someone's parent
• Interlingua: ava — mother of someone's parent
• Irish: máthair mhór — mother of someone's parent
• Irish: seanmháthair — mother of someone's parent
• Irish: mamó — mother of someone's parent
• Irish: máthair chríonna — mother of someone's parent
• Old Irish: senmáthair — mother of someone's parent
• Italian: nonna — mother of someone's parent
• Japanese: お婆さん (obāsan) — mother of someone's parent
• Japanese: お婆ちゃん (obāchan) — mother of someone's parent
• Japanese: ばば (baba) — mother of someone's parent
• Japanese: 祖母 (sobo) — mother of someone's parent
• Japanese: 外祖母 (gaisobo) — mother of someone's parent
• Javanese: Eyang Putri — mother of someone's parent
• Jeju: 할망 (halmang) — mother of someone's parent
• Jeju: 할마니 (halmani) — mother of someone's parent
• Jeju: 할마님 (halmanim) — mother of someone's parent
• Jeju: 할멤 (halmem) — mother of someone's parent
• Kaitag: абаба́ (ababá) — mother of someone's parent
• Kaitag: авба (avba) — mother of someone's parent
• Kaitag: бавба (bavba) — mother of someone's parent
• Kaitag: аттуба́ (attubá) — mother of someone's parent
• Kaitag: аттаба (attaba) — mother of someone's parent
• Kashmiri: نانؠ (nān') — mother of someone's parent
• Kazakh: әже (äje) — mother of someone's parent
• Khmer: ជីដូន (cii doun) — mother of someone's parent
• Khmer: យាយ (yiəy) — mother of someone's parent
• Khmer: អយ្យកា (ʼayyĕəʼkaa) — mother of someone's parent
• Khoekhoe: ǁgaosas — mother of someone's parent
• Korean: 할머니 (halmeoni) — mother of someone's parent
• Korean: 외할머니 (oehalmeoni) — mother of someone's parent
• Krio: granny — mother of someone's parent
• Central Kurdish: داپیر (dapîr) — mother of someone's parent
• Central Kurdish: داپیرە (dapîre) — mother of someone's parent
• Northern Kurdish: dapîr — mother of someone's parent
• Northern Kurdish: pîrik — mother of someone's parent
• Northern Kurdish: pîrê — mother of someone's parent
• Kyrgyz: ky — mother of someone's parent
• Kyrgyz: кемпир (kempir) — mother of someone's parent
• Ladino: nona — mother of someone's parent
• Ladino: avuela — mother of someone's parent
• Ladino: granmama — mother of someone's parent
• Ladino: vava — mother of someone's parent
• Lakota: uŋčí — mother of someone's parent
• Lao: ຍ່າ (nyā) — mother of someone's parent
• Lao: ແມ່ເຖົ້າ (mǣ thao) — mother of someone's parent
• Latgalian: vace — mother of someone's parent
• Latgalian: vaceite — mother of someone's parent
• Latgalian: babeņa — mother of someone's parent
• Latin: avia — mother of someone's parent
• Latvian: vecāmāte — mother of someone's parent
• Latvian: vecmamma — mother of someone's parent
• Latvian: vecmāmiņa — mother of someone's parent
• Lithuanian: bobutė — mother of someone's parent
• Lithuanian: senelė — mother of someone's parent
• Lithuanian: močiutė — mother of someone's parent
• Low German: Grootmoder — mother of someone's parent
• Low German: Grotmoder — mother of someone's parent
• Low German: Grootmodder — mother of someone's parent
• Low German: Grootmudder — mother of someone's parent
• Low German: Grotmudder — mother of someone's parent
• Luganda: jjajja omukazi — mother of someone's parent
• Luganda: jajja mukyaala — mother of someone's parent
• Lushootseed: kiaʔ — mother of someone's parent
• Lushootseed: kayə — mother of someone's parent
• Luxembourgish: Groussmamm — mother of someone's parent
• Macedonian: ба́ба (bába) — mother of someone's parent
• Malay: nenek — mother of someone's parent
• Malayalam: മുത്തശ്ശി (muttaśśi) — mother of someone's parent
• Malayalam: അമ്മുമ്മ (ammumma) — mother of someone's parent
• Malayalam: അമ്മമ്മ (ammamma) — mother of someone's parent
• Maltese: nanna — mother of someone's parent
• Manchu: ᠮᠠᠮᠠ (mama) — mother of someone's parent
• Manchu: ᡤᠣᡵᠣ ᠮᠠᠮᠠ — mother of someone's parent
• Māori: kuia — mother of someone's parent
• Māori: tipuna — mother of someone's parent
• Māori: tupuna — mother of someone's parent
• Māori: tāua — mother of someone's parent
• Marathi: आजी (ājī) — mother of someone's parent
• Maricopa: nkyew — mother of someone's parent
• Minangkabau: anduang — mother of someone's parent
• Mirandese: abó — mother of someone's parent
• Mirandese: abó mai — mother of someone's parent
• Mirandese: abó de las saias — mother of someone's parent
• Mirandese: bó — mother of someone's parent
• Central Sierra Miwok: ʔamáˑ- — mother of someone's parent
• Mòcheno: nu'na — mother of someone's parent
• Mon: ယဲာ (yé) — mother of someone's parent
• Mongolian: эмээ (emee) — mother of someone's parent
• Mongolian: эмэг эх (emeg ex) — mother of someone's parent
• Mongolian: эмэг ээж (emeg eež) — mother of someone's parent
• Mongolian: эмгээ (emgee) — mother of someone's parent
• Mongolian: ᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡ (emege) — mother of someone's parent
• Khiamniungan Naga: jì — mother of someone's parent
• Navajo: amá sání — mother of someone's parent
• Navajo: análí — mother of someone's parent
• Neapolitan: nonna — mother of someone's parent
• Nepali: हजुरआमा (hajuraāmā) — mother of someone's parent
• Nivkh: ытик (əțik) — mother of someone's parent
• Norman: grand'-mère — mother of someone's parent
• Norman: manman — mother of someone's parent
• Norman: grand-méthe — mother of someone's parent
• Norwegian Bokmål: bestemor — mother of someone's parent
• Norwegian Bokmål: mormor — mother of someone's parent
• Norwegian Bokmål: farmor — mother of someone's parent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bestemor — mother of someone's parent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mormor — mother of someone's parent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: farmor — mother of someone's parent
• Nubi: abuba — mother of someone's parent
• Odia: ଜେଜେମାଆ (jejemāā) — mother of someone's parent
• Odia: ଆଈ (āi) — mother of someone's parent
• Northern Ohlone: ká̄na 'ek mél̄e — mother of someone's parent
• Ojibwe: nookomis — mother of someone's parent
• Old English: eald mōdor — mother of someone's parent
• O'odham: hu'ul — mother of someone's parent
• O'odham: ka꞉k (paternal) — mother of someone's parent
• Oromo: akkayyaa — mother of someone's parent
• Pannonian Rusyn: баба (baba) — mother of someone's parent
• Papiamentu: wela — mother of someone's parent
• Pashto: نيا (nyā) — mother of someone's parent
• Pashto: انا (anā) — mother of someone's parent
• Pennsylvania German: Groossmudder — mother of someone's parent
• Pennsylvania German: Groossmammi — mother of someone's parent
• Dari: بِیبِی (bī-bī) — mother of someone's parent
• Dari: مَادَرْکَلَان (mādarkalān) — mother of someone's parent
• Dari: نَنَه (nana) — mother of someone's parent
• Dari: مَادَرْبُزُرْگ (mādarbuzurg) — mother of someone's parent
• Iranian Persian: مادَرْبُزُرْگ (mâdarbozorg) — mother of someone's parent
• Iranian Persian: نَنِه (nane) — mother of someone's parent
• Polish: babcia — mother of someone's parent
• Polish: babka — mother of someone's parent
• Polish: babunia — mother of someone's parent
• Polish: baba — mother of someone's parent
• Portuguese: avó — mother of someone's parent
• Punjabi: ਨਾਨਿਮਾ (nānimā) — mother of someone's parent
• Quechua: jatun mama — mother of someone's parent
• Rapa Nui: mamaru'au — mother of someone's parent
• Romani: mami — mother of someone's parent
• Romanian: bunică — mother of someone's parent
• Romanian: mamaie — mother of someone's parent
• Romanian: mamă mare — mother of someone's parent
• Romansh: tatta — mother of someone's parent
• Romansh: tata — mother of someone's parent
• Romansh: nona — mother of someone's parent
• Russian: ба́бушка (bábuška) — mother of someone's parent
• Russian: бабу́ля (babúlja) — mother of someone's parent
• Russian: бабу́ся (babúsja) — mother of someone's parent
• Russian: ба́бка (bábka) — mother of someone's parent
• Russian: ба́ба (bába) — mother of someone's parent
• Northern Sami: áhkku — mother of someone's parent
• Skolt-Sami: äkk — mother of someone's parent
• Sanskrit: पितामही (pitāmahī) — mother of someone's parent
• Santali: ᱟᱡᱤ (aji) — mother of someone's parent
• Scots: grandmither — mother of someone's parent
• Scots: guiddame — mother of someone's parent
• Scottish Gaelic: seanmhair — mother of someone's parent
• Serbo-Croatian: baka — mother of someone's parent
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̏ба — mother of someone's parent
• Serbo-Croatian: нена — mother of someone's parent
• Serbo-Croatian: ста̏рама̄јка — mother of someone's parent
• Serbo-Croatian: bȁba — mother of someone's parent
• Serbo-Croatian: nena — mother of someone's parent
• Serbo-Croatian: stȁramājka — mother of someone's parent
• Shan: ၼၢႆး (náai) — mother of someone's parent
• Sicilian: nanna — mother of someone's parent
• Sicilian: mamma granni — mother of someone's parent
• Slovak: stará matka — mother of someone's parent
• Slovak: baba — mother of someone's parent
• Slovene: babica — mother of someone's parent
• Slovene: stara mama — mother of someone's parent
• Somali: ayeeyo — mother of someone's parent
• Sotho: nkgono — mother of someone's parent
• Spanish: abuela — mother of someone's parent
• Sranan Tongo: granmama — mother of someone's parent
• Sundanese: nini — mother of someone's parent
• Swahili: bibi — mother of someone's parent
• Swedish: farmor — mother of someone's parent
• Swedish: mormor — mother of someone's parent
• Tagalog: lola — mother of someone's parent
• Tagalog: impo — mother of someone's parent
• Tagalog: lelang — mother of someone's parent
• Tagalog: abwela — mother of someone's parent
• Tajik: модаркалон (modarkalon) — mother of someone's parent
• Tajik: онакалон (onakalon) — mother of someone's parent
• Tajik: бибӣ (bibi) — mother of someone's parent
• Tajik: модарбузург (modarbuzurg) — mother of someone's parent
• Tamil: பாட்டி (pāṭṭi) — mother of someone's parent
• Tamil: ஆயாள் (āyāḷ) — mother of someone's parent
• Tamil: மூதாய் (mūtāy) — mother of someone's parent
• Tamil: முன்றாய் (muṉṟāy) — mother of someone's parent
• Tatar: әби (äbi) — mother of someone's parent
• Tatar: дәү әни (däw äni) — mother of someone's parent
• Tatar: зур әни (zur äni) — mother of someone's parent
• Tatar: картинәй (qärtinäy) — mother of someone's parent
• Tatar: нәнә (nänä) — mother of someone's parent
• Tatar: нәнәй (nänäy) — mother of someone's parent
• Thai: ย่า (yâa) — mother of someone's parent
• Thai: ยาย (yaai) — mother of someone's parent
• Tibetan: རྨོ་མོ (rmo mo) — mother of someone's parent
• Tok Pisin: tumbuna — mother of someone's parent
• Tokelauan: tupuna mātua — mother of someone's parent
• Tupinambá: aryîa — mother of someone's parent
• Turkish: büyükanne — mother of someone's parent
• Turkish: nine — mother of someone's parent
• Turkmen: ene — mother of someone's parent
• Turkmen: mama — mother of someone's parent
• Ukrainian: бабу́ся (babúsja) — mother of someone's parent
• Ukrainian: ба́ба (bába) — mother of someone's parent
• Urdu: دادی (dādī) — mother of someone's parent
• Urdu: نانی (nānī) — mother of someone's parent
• Uzbek: acha — mother of someone's parent
• Uzbek: buvi — mother of someone's parent
• Vietnamese: bà — mother of someone's parent
• Vietnamese: bà ngoại — mother of someone's parent
• Vietnamese: bà nội — mother of someone's parent
• Volapük: lemot — mother of someone's parent
• Walloon: grand-mere — mother of someone's parent
• Walloon: grand-mame — mother of someone's parent
• Welsh: mam-gu — mother of someone's parent
• Welsh: nain — mother of someone's parent
• Wiradjuri: baadhin — mother of someone's parent
• Wolof: marm — mother of someone's parent
• Xhosa: umakhulu — mother of someone's parent
• Yagara: barbang — mother of someone's parent
• Yakut: эбэ (ebe) — mother of someone's parent
• Yámana: kuluna — mother of someone's parent
• Yiddish: באָבע (bobe) — mother of someone's parent
• Yoruba: ìyá ìyá — mother of someone's parent
• Yoruba: màmá màmá — mother of someone's parent
• Yoruba: ìyá bàbá — mother of someone's parent
• Yoruba: màmá bàbá — mother of someone's parent
• Zazaki: dada — mother of someone's parent
• Zazaki: dapir — mother of someone's parent
• Zazaki: dapér — mother of someone's parent
• Zazaki: daye (diq) — mother of someone's parent
• Zhuang: buz — mother of someone's parent
• Zhuang: naih — mother of someone's parent
• Zhuang: daiq — mother of someone's parent
• Zulu: ukhulu — mother of someone's parent