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maternal grandfather

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal, grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: নানা (nana) — one's mother's father
  • Catalan: avi matern — one's mother's father
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏚᏚ (ududu) — one's mother's father
  • Chinese Cantonese: 公公 — one's mother's father
  • Chinese Cantonese: 外公 (ngoi6 gung1) — one's mother's father
  • Chinese Cantonese: 外祖父 (ngoi6 zou2 fu6) — one's mother's father
  • Hakka Chinese: 姐公 (chiá-kûng) — one's mother's father
  • Hakka Chinese: 外阿公 (ngoi-â-kûng) — one's mother's father
  • Chinese: 外公 (guā-kong) — one's mother's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外公 (wàigōng) — one's mother's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外祖父 (wàizǔfù) — one's mother's father
  • Czech: dědeček z matčiny strany — one's mother's father
  • Danish: morfar — one's mother's father
  • Dutch: grootvader van moederszijde — one's mother's father
  • Faroese: móðirfaðir — one's mother's father
  • Finnish: äidinisä — one's mother's father
  • French: grand-père maternel — one's mother's father
  • Georgian: ბაბუა დედის მხრიდან (babua dedis mxridan) — one's mother's father
  • Georgian: პაპა დედის მხრიდან (ṗaṗa dedis mxridan) — one's mother's father
  • German: Großvater mütterlicherseits — one's mother's father
  • Gooniyandi: jaminyi — one's mother's father
  • Hindi: नाना (nānā) — one's mother's father
  • Hindi: नानू (nānū) — one's mother's father
  • Hindi: मातामह (mātāmah) — one's mother's father
  • Hungarian: anyai nagyapa — one's mother's father
  • Icelandic: móðurfaðir — one's mother's father
  • Italian: nonno materno — one's mother's father
  • Japanese: 母方の祖父 (hahakata no sofu) — one's mother's father
  • Japanese: 外祖父 (gaisofu) — one's mother's father
  • Japanese: 母方のお爺さん (haha kata no ojīsan) — one's mother's father
  • Korean: 할아버지 (harabeoji) — one's mother's father
  • Korean: 외할아버지 (oeharabeoji) — one's mother's father
  • Central Kurdish: باپیر (bapîr) — one's mother's father
  • Lao: ຕາ (tā) — one's mother's father
  • Latin: avus maternus — one's mother's father
  • : ᦎᦱ (ṫaa) — one's mother's father
  • Macedonian: дедо (dedo) — one's mother's father
  • Macedonian: дедо по мајка (dedo po majka) — one's mother's father
  • Malay: nenek lelaki — one's mother's father
  • Malayalam: മുത്തച്ഛന് (muttacchaṉ) — one's mother's father
  • Malayalam: അപ്പൂപ്പന് (appūppaṉ) — one's mother's father
  • Mapudungun: cheche — one's mother's father
  • Mokilese: jemen inah — one's mother's father
  • Navajo: acheii — one's mother's father
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morfar — one's mother's father
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: morfar — one's mother's father
  • O'odham: ba꞉b — one's mother's father
  • Portuguese: avô maternal — one's mother's father
  • Sanskrit: मातामह (mātāmaha) — one's mother's father
  • Scots: gudesire — one's mother's father
  • Scottish Gaelic: seanair màithreil — one's mother's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: дед — one's mother's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: дјед — one's mother's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: деда — one's mother's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: дједа — one's mother's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: ded — one's mother's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: djed — one's mother's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: deda — one's mother's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: djeda — one's mother's father
  • Shan: တႃ (tǎa) — one's mother's father
  • Slovene: stari oče — one's mother's father
  • Spanish: abuelo materno — one's mother's father
  • Swedish: morfar — one's mother's father
  • Telugu: మాతామహుడు (mātāmahuḍu) — one's mother's father
  • Thai: ตา (dtaa) — one's mother's father
  • Turkmen: baba — one's mother's father
  • Vietnamese: ông ngoại — one's mother's father
  • Volapük: motafat — one's mother's father
  • Zhuang: da — one's mother's father
  • Zhuang: goengda — one's mother's father