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