What does grandfather mean?
Definitions for grandfather
ˈgrænˌfɑ ðər, ˈgrænd-grand·fa·ther
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word grandfather.
Princeton's WordNet
grandfather, gramps, granddad, grandad, granddaddy, grandpanoun
the father of your father or mother
Webster Dictionary
Grandfathernoun
a father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent
Freebase
Grandfather
Grandfather is a village in Avery County, North Carolina, United States; named after Grandfather Mountain. The village is a fully gated community within Grandfather Golf and Country Club, located along NC 105. The population was 73 at the 2000 census.
Suggested Resources
grandfather
The grandfather symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the grandfather symbol and its characteristic.
Matched Categories
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'grandfather' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4826
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'grandfather' in Nouns Frequency: #2210
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of grandfather in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of grandfather in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of grandfather in a Sentence
My grandfather had said to me when I was learning to play the piano: You know, if you really work at this, you could earn your living playing music one day, and I never forgot that.
I want to tell you a story about someone that didn't speak English that well. It was my grandfather, my grandfather instilled in me the belief that I was blessed to live in the one society in all of human history where even I, the son of a bartender and a maid, could aspire to have anything, and be anything that I was willing to work hard to achieve. But he taught me that in Spanish, because it was the language he was most comfortable in.
Hassan Khomeini is promoting the modern and democratic side of his grandfather's legacy and stays silent about the dark, authoritarian side, he wants to show the real Khomeini respects the rights of all groups, and that the totalitarian side was a temporary necessity during early years of the revolution.
This is what happens when there's no peaceful transition of power and what happens when there's bad leadership. This is not how you lose, if my grandfather were alive today and saw what was happening in the country that he fought for, he would be disgusted.
I was accompanying my grandfather in 1990 and we couldn't convince him to hold an Australian veteran's hand...But today, I can visit Turkish and Australian graveyards with the grandson of an Australian veteran as we walk arm in arm, this is a great message to the world.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for grandfather
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- бдуAbkhaz
- oupaAfrikaans
- አያትAmharic
- جدّ, جدArabic
- дахӏадада, кӏудадаAvaric
- babaAzerbaijani
- ҡартатай, олатайBashkir
- дзяду́ля, дзедBelarusian
- дя́доBulgarian
- দাদুBengali
- tad-kozhBreton
- aviCatalan, Valencian
- děda, děd, dědečekCzech
- дѣдъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- forfader, bedstefarDanish
- Großvater väterlicherseits, Großvater, Großvater mütterlicherseits, Opa, OpiGerman
- tɔgbuiEwe
- παππούς, πάπποςGreek
- avoEsperanto
- abueloSpanish
- vanaisaEstonian
- aitona, aitatxiBasque
- پدربزرگ, پدر بزرگPersian
- äidinisä, isoisä, isänisä, vaari, ukki, pappaFinnish
- avi, abbiFaroese
- grand-père, aïeulFrench
- pakeWestern Frisian
- seanathairIrish
- seanairScottish Gaelic
- devanceiro, avóGalician
- taita guasuGuaraní
- shennayr, shanerManx
- סָב, סַבָּאHebrew
- नाना, दादाHindi
- nagyapaHungarian
- պապիկ, պապ, հավArmenian
- avo, granpatreInterlingua
- kakekIndonesian
- avuloIdo
- afiIcelandic
- nonnoItalian
- סָבָּאHebrew
- 祖父, お爺さん, 外祖父Japanese
- ბაბუა, პაპაGeorgian
- ата, бабаKazakh
- aataa, aataqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- តា, អយ្យកោKhmer
- ಅಜ್ಜKannada
- 할아버지, 친할아버지, 외할아버지Korean
- باپیر, bavpîrKurdish
- чоң ата, тай атаKyrgyz
- avusLatin
- GrousspappLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- senelisLithuanian
- vectēvsLatvian
- де́доMacedonian
- മുത്തച്ഛന്, അപ്പൂപ്പന്Malayalam
- өвөөMongolian
- आबा, आजोबाMarathi
- nenek, datukMalay
- ဘိုးဘိုး, အဘိုးBurmese
- bestefarNorwegian
- bompa, opa, grootvader, voorvaderDutch
- bestefarNorwegian Nynorsk
- farfar, morfar, bestefarNorwegian
- acheii, análíNavajo, Navaho
- ଜେଜେବାପାOriya
- дада, бабаOssetian, Ossetic
- ਦਾਦਾ, ਦਾਦੇPanjabi, Punjabi
- dziadekPolish
- avôPortuguese
- awkiQuechua
- tat, nonRomansh
- străbun, străbunic, tata mare, strămoș, tataie, strămoși, bunicRomanian
- де́душка, дед, деду́ляRussian
- donnumannuSardinian
- áddjáNorthern Sami
- деда, dedica, djed, дед, дедица, декица, deka, deda, дека, dekica, дјед, dedSerbo-Croatian
- පිතාමහ, මිතිSinhala, Sinhalese
- starý otec, ded, dedko, dedoSlovak
- stari oče, dedSlovene
- babagjysh, gjyshAlbanian
- ntatemoholoSouthern Sotho
- farfar, morfarSwedish
- babuSwahili
- தாத்தாTamil
- తాతయ్యTelugu
- падарбузургTajik
- ก๋ง, ตา, ปู่Thai
- baba, ataTurkmen
- lelong, abwelo, ingkong, apo, loloTagalog
- dede, Büyük babaTurkish
- бабай, дәү әтиTatar
- діду́сь, дід, дідусьUkrainian
- نانا, داداUrdu
- buvaUzbek
- ông ngoại, ông nộiVietnamese
- lefatVolapük
- tåye, grand-popaWalloon
- זיידעYiddish
- 爺爺Chinese
Get even more translations for grandfather »
Translation
Find a translation for the grandfather definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"grandfather." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. 25 Jun 2022. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/grandfather>.
Discuss these grandfather definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In