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