noun
Meaning 1
A son of one's child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grandboy, neve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grandchild
Standard Lemma guide
grandson
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/
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rhymes with -ænsʌn
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CMU ARPABET: G R AE1 N D S AH2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a male grandchild
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grandchild
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English grand- Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone English son English grandson From grand- + son.
Across languages
Translations
185 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: kleinseun — son of one's child
- Albanian: nip — son of one's child
- Arabic: حَفِيد (ḥafīd) — son of one's child
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܒ݂ܓܵܐ (nāwgā) — son of one's child
- Armenian: թոռ (tʻoṙ) — son of one's child
- Aromanian: nipot — son of one's child
- Asturian: ñetu — son of one's child
- Asturian: nietu — son of one's child
- Azerbaijani: nəvə — son of one's child
- Baluchi: نواسغ (nawāsağ) — son of one's child
- Bashkir: ейән (yeyən) — son of one's child
- Belarusian: уну́к (unúk) — son of one's child
- Belarusian: ўнук (wnuk) — son of one's child
- Bengali: নাতি (nati) — son of one's child
- Bhojpuri: नाती (nātī) — son of one's child
- Bhojpuri: पोता (pōtā) — son of one's child
- Bulgarian: внук (vnuk) — son of one's child
- Burmese: မြေး (mre:) — son of one's child
- Catalan: nét — son of one's child
- Chinese Mandarin: 孫子 /孙子 (sūnzi) — son of one's child
- Chinese Mandarin: 外孫 /外孙 (wàisūn) — son of one's child
- Czech: vnuk — son of one's child
- Dalmatian: nepaut — son of one's child
- Danish: sønnesøn — son of one's child
- Danish: dattersøn — son of one's child
- Dutch: kleinzoon — son of one's child
- Esperanto: nepo — son of one's child
- Estonian: pojapoeg — son of one's child
- Estonian: tütrepoeg — son of one's child
- Evenki: омолги (omolgi) — son of one's child
- Ewe: tɔgbuiyɔviŋutsu — son of one's child
- Faroese: abbasonur — son of one's child
- Faroese: ommusonur — son of one's child
- Faroese: sonarsonur — son of one's child
- Faroese: dóttursonur — son of one's child
- Finnish: pojanpoika — son of one's child
- Finnish: tyttärenpoika — son of one's child
- Finnish: lapsenlapsi — son of one's child
- French: petit-fils — son of one's child
- Friulian: nevôt — son of one's child
- Galician: neto — son of one's child
- Georgian: შვილიშვილი (švilišvili) — son of one's child
- German: Enkelsohn — son of one's child
- German: Enkel — son of one's child
- German: Großsohn — son of one's child
- German: Grosssohn — son of one's child
- Greek: εγγονός (engonós) — son of one's child
- Ancient Greek: υἱωνός (huiōnós) — son of one's child
- Hebrew: נֶכֶד (nékhed) — son of one's child
- Hindi: पोता (potā) — son of one's child
- Hindi: नाती (nātī) — son of one's child
- Hungarian: unoka — son of one's child
- Icelandic: sonarsonur — son of one's child
- Icelandic: barnabarn — son of one's child
- Indonesian: cucu — son of one's child
- Interlingua: granfilio — son of one's child
- Irish: ó — son of one's child
- Irish: (son’s son) mac mic — son of one's child
- Irish: mac iníne — son of one's child
- Old Irish: úa — son of one's child
- Italian: nipote — son of one's child
- Japanese: 孫息子 (magomusuko) — son of one's child
- Japanese: 孫 (mago) — son of one's child
- Kabuverdianu: nétu — son of one's child
- Kazakh: немере (nemere) — son of one's child
- Kazakh: ер немере (er nemere) — son of one's child
- Khmer: ចៅប្រុស (caw proh) — son of one's child
- Khmer: នត្តាប្រុស (nŏəttaa proh) — son of one's child
- Korean: 손자 (sonja) — son of one's child
- Korean: 외손자 (oesonja) — son of one's child
- Kyrgyz: мемире (memire) — son of one's child
- Kyrgyz: небире (nebire) — son of one's child
- Lao: ນັດດາ (nat dā) — son of one's child
- Lao: ຫລານ (lān) — son of one's child
- Lao: ຫລານຊາຍ (lān sāi) — son of one's child
- Latgalian: unuks — son of one's child
- Latin: nepōs — son of one's child
- Latin: prōfīlius — son of one's child
- Latvian: mazdēls — son of one's child
- Lithuanian: vaikaitis — son of one's child
- Lithuanian: anūkas — son of one's child
- Old Lithuanian: nepuotis — son of one's child
- Lombard: nevod — son of one's child
- Lombard: neud — son of one's child
- Macedonian: внук (vnuk) — son of one's child
- Malay: cucu lelaki — son of one's child
- Malay: cucu — son of one's child
- Maltese: neputi — son of one's child
- Manchu: ᠣᠮᠣᠯᠣ (omolo) — son of one's child
- Marathi: नातू (nātū) — son of one's child
- Mongolian: ач хүү (ač xüü) — son of one's child
- Mongolian: зээ хүү (zee xüü) — son of one's child
- Mongolian: омбол (ombol) — son of one's child
- Navajo: hatsóí ashkiígíí — son of one's child
- Norman: p'tit-fis — son of one's child
- Norwegian Bokmål: sønnesønn — son of one's child
- Norwegian Bokmål: dattersønn — son of one's child
- Norwegian Bokmål: sønnebarn — son of one's child
- Norwegian Bokmål: datterbarn — son of one's child
- Norwegian Nynorsk: soneson — son of one's child
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dotterson — son of one's child
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sonebarn — son of one's child
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dotterbarn — son of one's child
- Occitan: felen — son of one's child
- Occitan: rèirefilh — son of one's child
- Odia: ନାତି (nāti) — son of one's child
- Old East Slavic: вънукъ (vŭnukŭ) — son of one's child
- Old English: sunsunu — son of one's child
- Pannonian Rusyn: унук (unuk) — son of one's child
- Parthian: 𐭐𐭅𐭇𐭓𐭉𐭐𐭅𐭇𐭓 — son of one's child
- Pashto: لمسی (lmasay) — son of one's child
- Pennsylvania German: Enkel — son of one's child
- Dari: نَوَاسَه (nawāsa) — son of one's child
- Dari: نَبَسَه (nabasa) — son of one's child
- Iranian Persian: نَوِه — son of one's child
- Iranian Persian: نَبَسِه (nabase) — son of one's child
- Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭯𐭩 — son of one's child
- Plautdietsch: Grootsän — son of one's child
- Polish: wnuk — son of one's child
- Polish: wnuczek — son of one's child
- Portuguese: neto — son of one's child
- Romani: nepòto — son of one's child
- Romani: ùnuko — son of one's child
- Romanian: nepot — son of one's child
- Romansh: biadi — son of one's child
- Romansh: bieadi — son of one's child
- Romansh: beadi — son of one's child
- Romansh: abiedi — son of one's child
- Romansh: abiadi — son of one's child
- Russian: внук (vnuk) — son of one's child
- Russian: внучо́к (vnučók) — son of one's child
- Rwanda-Rundi: umwuzukuru — son of one's child
- Sanskrit: नपात् (napāt) — son of one's child
- Sanskrit: दौहित्र (dauhitra) — son of one's child
- Sanskrit: पौत्र (pautra) — son of one's child
- Sardinian: nabodi — son of one's child
- Sardinian: nebode — son of one's child
- Sardinian: nebodi — son of one's child
- Sardinian: nepode — son of one's child
- Sardinian: nepote — son of one's child
- Scottish Gaelic: mac-mic — son of one's child
- Scottish Gaelic: mac-ighne — son of one's child
- Serbo-Croatian: у̀нук — son of one's child
- Serbo-Croatian: ùnuk — son of one's child
- Sicilian: niputi — son of one's child
- Slovak: vnuk — son of one's child
- Slovene: vnuk — son of one's child
- Lower Sorbian: (son’s son) syna syn — son of one's child
- Lower Sorbian: (son’s son) synowy syn — son of one's child
- Lower Sorbian: źowki syn — son of one's child
- Lower Sorbian: źowcyny syn — son of one's child
- Lower Sorbian: (either son’s or daughter’s son) źiśisyn — son of one's child
- Spanish: nieto — son of one's child
- Swedish: sonson — son of one's child
- Swedish: dotterson — son of one's child
- Tajik: набера (nabera) — son of one's child
- Tajik: навоса (navosa) — son of one's child
- Tamil: பேரன் (pēraṉ) — son of one's child
- Tamil: பெயரன் (peyaraṉ) — son of one's child
- Tarifit: ayyaw — son of one's child
- Tatar: онык (onıq) — son of one's child
- Telugu: మనుమడు (manumaḍu) — son of one's child
- Telugu: పౌత్రుడు (pautruḍu) — son of one's child
- Thai: หลานชาย (lǎan-chaai) — son of one's child
- Tibetan: ཚ་བོ (tsha bo) — son of one's child
- Turkish: erkek torun — son of one's child
- Turkish: torun — son of one's child
- Turkmen: ogul agtyk — son of one's child
- Turkmen: agtyk — son of one's child
- Ukrainian: ону́к (onúk) — son of one's child
- Ukrainian: внук (vnuk) — son of one's child
- Urdu: پوتا (potā) — son of one's child
- Urdu: ناتی (nātī) — son of one's child
- Uzbek: nabira — son of one's child
- Uzbek: nevara — son of one's child
- Venetan: neodo — son of one's child
- Venetan: nevódo — son of one's child
- Vietnamese: cháu trai — son of one's child
- Vietnamese: cháu nội — son of one's child
- Vietnamese: cháu ngoại — son of one's child
- Welsh: ŵyr — son of one's child
- Yámana: makutsa — son of one's child
- Yiddish: גראַנסאַן (gransan) — son of one's child
- Zhuang: lan — son of one's child
- Zigula: mwezikulu class 1 — son of one's child
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