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great-grandfather

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The father of one's grandparent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From great- + grandfather.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: oupagrootjie — father of one's grandparent
  • Afrikaans: oorgrootvader — father of one's grandparent
  • Albanian: tregjysh — father of one's grandparent
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ (sāḇā rabbā) — father of one's grandparent
  • Aromanian: strãush — father of one's grandparent
  • Asturian: bisgüelu — father of one's grandparent
  • Basque: birraitona — father of one's grandparent
  • Basque: birraitita — father of one's grandparent
  • Belarusian: пра́дзед (prádzjed) — father of one's grandparent
  • Bengali: পরদাদা (pordada) — father of one's grandparent
  • Bulgarian: прадядо (pradjado) — father of one's grandparent
  • Burmese: အဘေး (a.bhe:) — father of one's grandparent
  • Burmese: ဘေး (bhe:) — father of one's grandparent
  • Catalan: besavi — father of one's grandparent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曾祖父 (zēngzǔfù) — father of one's grandparent
  • Czech: pradědeček — father of one's grandparent
  • Czech: praděd — father of one's grandparent
  • Danish: oldefar — father of one's grandparent
  • Danish: oldefader — father of one's grandparent
  • Dutch: overgrootvader — father of one's grandparent
  • Esperanto: praavo — father of one's grandparent
  • Faroese: langabbi — father of one's grandparent
  • Faroese: langavi — father of one's grandparent
  • Finnish: isoisoisä — father of one's grandparent
  • Finnish: isoisän isä — father of one's grandparent
  • French: arrière-grand-père — father of one's grandparent
  • French: bisaïeul — father of one's grandparent
  • Friulian: basavon — father of one's grandparent
  • Galician: bisavó — father of one's grandparent
  • Georgian: დიდი ბაბუა (didi babua) — father of one's grandparent
  • German: Urgroßvater — father of one's grandparent
  • German: Urgrossvater — father of one's grandparent
  • Greek: προπάππος (propáppos) — father of one's grandparent
  • Hebrew: סבא רבא \ סַבָּא רַבָּא (sába rába) — father of one's grandparent
  • Hindi: परदादा (pardādā) — father of one's grandparent
  • Hindi: परनाना (parnānā) — father of one's grandparent
  • Hungarian: dédapa — father of one's grandparent
  • Hungarian: dédnagyapa — father of one's grandparent
  • Icelandic: langafi — father of one's grandparent
  • Ido: preavulo — father of one's grandparent
  • Indonesian: kakek buyut — father of one's grandparent
  • Irish: sin-seanathair — father of one's grandparent
  • Italian: bisnonno — father of one's grandparent
  • Italian: bisavolo — father of one's grandparent
  • Italian: bisavo — father of one's grandparent
  • Italian: proavolo — father of one's grandparent
  • Italian: proavo — father of one's grandparent
  • Japanese: 曾祖父 (sōsofu) — father of one's grandparent
  • Kashmiri: بَڈٕ بُڈؠ بَب (baḍụ buḍ' bab) — father of one's grandparent
  • Khmer: ជីតាទួត (cii taa tuət) — father of one's grandparent
  • Korean: 증조부 (jeungjobu) — father of one's grandparent
  • Central Kurdish: باپیرە گەورە (bapîre gewre) — father of one's grandparent
  • Latin: proavus — father of one's grandparent
  • Latvian: vecvectēvs — father of one's grandparent
  • Lithuanian: prosenelis — father of one's grandparent
  • Macedonian: прадедо (pradedo) — father of one's grandparent
  • Malay: moyang lelaki — father of one's grandparent
  • Malay: moyang — father of one's grandparent
  • Malay: bapa datuk nenek — father of one's grandparent
  • Mon: ဇ (cɛ̀ˀ) — father of one's grandparent
  • Classical Nahuatl: achtontli — father of one's grandparent
  • Navajo: naakidi nácheii — father of one's grandparent
  • Navajo: naakidi nánálí — father of one's grandparent
  • Norman: grand-grand-péthe — father of one's grandparent
  • Norman: grand-papa — father of one's grandparent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oldefar — father of one's grandparent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oldefar — father of one's grandparent
  • Old Norse: ái — father of one's grandparent
  • Persian: پدرِ مادربزرگ (pedar-e mâdar-bozorg) — father of one's grandparent
  • Persian: پدرِ پدربزرگ (pedar-e pedar-bozorg) — father of one's grandparent
  • Polish: pradziadek — father of one's grandparent
  • Portuguese: bisavô — father of one's grandparent
  • Romanian: străbunic — father of one's grandparent
  • Russian: пра́дед (práded) — father of one's grandparent
  • Russian: праде́душка (pradéduška) — father of one's grandparent
  • Scottish Gaelic: sinn-seanair — father of one's grandparent
  • Serbo-Croatian: прадеда — father of one's grandparent
  • Serbo-Croatian: pradeda — father of one's grandparent
  • Seri: aacaz — father of one's grandparent
  • Slovak: pradedo — father of one's grandparent
  • Slovene: praded — father of one's grandparent
  • Spanish: bisabuelo — father of one's grandparent
  • Sundanese: aki uyut — father of one's grandparent
  • Swedish: farfarsfar — father of one's grandparent
  • Swedish: farmorsfar — father of one's grandparent
  • Swedish: morfarsfar — father of one's grandparent
  • Swedish: mormorsfar — father of one's grandparent
  • Swedish: gammelfarfar — father of one's grandparent
  • Swedish: gammelmorfar — father of one's grandparent
  • Tagalog: lolo sa tuhod — father of one's grandparent
  • Tamil: முப்பாட்டன் (muppāṭṭaṉ) — father of one's grandparent
  • Tamil: கொள்ளுப்பாட்டன் (koḷḷuppāṭṭaṉ) — father of one's grandparent
  • Tamil: கொள்ளுத்தாத்தா (koḷḷuttāttā) — father of one's grandparent
  • Telugu: ముత్తాత (muttāta) — father of one's grandparent
  • Udmurt: песяпесятай (peśapeśataj) — father of one's grandparent
  • Ukrainian: пра́дід (prádid) — father of one's grandparent
  • Vietnamese: ông cố — father of one's grandparent
  • Vietnamese: cụ ông — father of one's grandparent
  • Welsh: hen daid — father of one's grandparent
  • Welsh: hen dad-cu — father of one's grandparent
  • Yiddish: עלטער־זיידע (elter-zeyde) — father of one's grandparent
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