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great-grandparent

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A parent of a grandparent; a grandparent of a parent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From great- + grandparent.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: bisgüelu — parent of a grandparent
  • Asturian: bisgüela — parent of a grandparent
  • Catalan: besàvia — parent of a grandparent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曾祖父 (zēngzǔfù) — parent of a grandparent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曾祖母 (zēngzǔmǔ) — parent of a grandparent
  • Dutch: overgrootouder — parent of a grandparent
  • Esperanto: prageavo — parent of a grandparent
  • Esperanto: gepraavo — parent of a grandparent
  • Finnish: isoisovanhempi — parent of a grandparent
  • French: arrière-grand-parent — parent of a grandparent
  • French: bisaïeul — parent of a grandparent
  • Galician: bisavó — parent of a grandparent
  • Galician: bisavoa — parent of a grandparent
  • German: Urgroßelternteil — parent of a grandparent
  • German: Urgroßeltern — parent of a grandparent
  • German: Urgroßvater — parent of a grandparent
  • German: Urgroßmutter — parent of a grandparent
  • Hungarian: dédszülő — parent of a grandparent
  • Icelandic: langafi — parent of a grandparent
  • Icelandic: langamma — parent of a grandparent
  • Ido: preavo — parent of a grandparent
  • Indonesian: moyang — parent of a grandparent
  • Italian: bisnonno — parent of a grandparent
  • Japanese: 曾祖父 (hījiji, sōsofu) — parent of a grandparent
  • Japanese: 曾祖母 (hībaba, sōsobo) — parent of a grandparent
  • Macedonian: пра́дедо (prádedo) — parent of a grandparent
  • Macedonian: пра́баба (prábaba) — parent of a grandparent
  • Malay: moyang — parent of a grandparent
  • Malay: ibu bapa datuk nenek — parent of a grandparent
  • Montana Salish: t'ot'ó — parent of a grandparent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oldeforelder — parent of a grandparent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oldeforelder — parent of a grandparent
  • Polish: pradziadkowie — parent of a grandparent
  • Portuguese: bisavô — parent of a grandparent
  • Romanian: străbunic — parent of a grandparent
  • Romanian: străbunică — parent of a grandparent
  • Russian: пра́дед (práded) — parent of a grandparent
  • Russian: праде́душка (pradéduška) — parent of a grandparent
  • Russian: праба́бка (prabábka) — parent of a grandparent
  • Russian: праба́бушка (prabábuška) — parent of a grandparent
  • Slovak: praded — parent of a grandparent
  • Slovak: pradedo — parent of a grandparent
  • Spanish: bisabuelo — parent of a grandparent
  • Spanish: bisabuela — parent of a grandparent
  • Sranan Tongo: awo — parent of a grandparent
  • Thai: ทวด (tûuat) — parent of a grandparent
  • Ulwa (Nicaragua): buh — parent of a grandparent
  • Welsh: hen daid — parent of a grandparent
  • Welsh: hen dad-cu — parent of a grandparent
  • Welsh: hen nain — parent of a grandparent
  • Welsh: hen fam-gu — parent of a grandparent
  • Yiddish: אורעלטערן (ureltern) — parent of a grandparent