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great-grandson

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A son of a grandchild.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English great- 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 English great-grandson From great- + grandson.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: bisñetu — son of a grandchild
  • Asturian: bisnietu — son of a grandchild
  • Belarusian: пра́ўнук (práwnuk) — son of a grandchild
  • Breton: gourvab — son of a grandchild
  • Bulgarian: пра́внук (právnuk) — son of a grandchild
  • Catalan: besnet — son of a grandchild
  • Catalan: renet — son of a grandchild
  • Cebuano: apo sa tuhod — son of a grandchild
  • Chinese Cantonese: 息仔 (sak1 zai2) — son of a grandchild
  • Chinese Cantonese: 曾孫 /曾孙 (zang1 syun1) — son of a grandchild
  • Chinese: 乾仔孫 /干仔孙 (kan-á-sun) — son of a grandchild
  • Chinese: 曾孫 /曾孙 (cheng-sun) — son of a grandchild
  • Chinese: 蝨母仔 /虱母仔 (sat-bó-á, sat-bú-á) — son of a grandchild
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曾孫 /曾孙 (zēngsūn) — son of a grandchild
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重孫 /重孙 (chóngsūn) — son of a grandchild
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重孫子 /重孙子 (chóngsūnzi) — son of a grandchild
  • Czech: pravnuk — son of a grandchild
  • Esperanto: pranepo — son of a grandchild
  • Estonian: lapselapselaps — son of a grandchild
  • Finnish: lapsenlapsenlapsi — son of a grandchild
  • French: arrière-petit-fils — son of a grandchild
  • German: Urenkel — son of a grandchild
  • Hebrew: נִין (nin) — son of a grandchild
  • Hindi: परपोता (parpotā) — son of a grandchild
  • Hungarian: dédunoka — son of a grandchild
  • Japanese: ひ孫 (hi-imago) — son of a grandchild
  • Japanese: 曾孫 (sōson) — son of a grandchild
  • Javanese: putu buyut — son of a grandchild
  • Korean: 증손 (jeungson) — son of a grandchild
  • Ladino: biznyeto — son of a grandchild
  • Latgalian: prounuks — son of a grandchild
  • Latin: pronepōs — son of a grandchild
  • Latvian: mazmazdēls — son of a grandchild
  • Lithuanian: provaikaitis — son of a grandchild
  • Lithuanian: proanūkis — son of a grandchild
  • Macedonian: пра́внук (právnuk) — son of a grandchild
  • Malay: cicit lelaki — son of a grandchild
  • Malay: cicit — son of a grandchild
  • Malay: anak cucu — son of a grandchild
  • Malay: cucu anak — son of a grandchild
  • Manchu: ᠵᠠᡳ ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠨ ᡳ ᠣᠮᠣᠯᠣ (jai jalan i omolo) — son of a grandchild
  • Manx: aa-oe — son of a grandchild
  • Norman: arriéthe-pétit-fis — son of a grandchild
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oldesønn — son of a grandchild
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oldeson — son of a grandchild
  • Occitan: rèirefelen — son of a grandchild
  • Polish: prawnuk — son of a grandchild
  • Portuguese: bisneto — son of a grandchild
  • Romanian: strănepot — son of a grandchild
  • Russian: пра́внук (právnuk) — son of a grandchild
  • Scottish Gaelic: iar-ogha — son of a grandchild
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̀унук — son of a grandchild
  • Serbo-Croatian: pràunuk — son of a grandchild
  • Slovak: pravnuk — son of a grandchild
  • Slovene: pravnuk — son of a grandchild
  • Spanish: bisnieto — son of a grandchild
  • Swedish: barnbarnsbarn — son of a grandchild
  • Tagalog: apo sa tuhod — son of a grandchild
  • Telugu: ప్రపౌత్రుడు (prapautruḍu) — son of a grandchild
  • Ukrainian: пра́внук (právnuk) — son of a grandchild
  • Vietnamese: chắt — son of a grandchild
  • Welsh: gorwyr — son of a grandchild
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