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, grandpa(noun)
the father of your father or mother
Webster Dictionary
Grandfather(noun)
a father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent
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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.
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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
Our children are here to stay, but our babies and toddlers and preschoolers are gone as fast as they can grow up-and we have only a short moment with each. When you see a grandfather take a baby in his arms, you see that the moment hasn't always been long enough.
Entire families were killed. we started choking, felt dizzy, then fainted. Mazin was trying to wake up his grandfather.
Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer III: What is an American?:
What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the descendant of an European, hence that strange misture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a french woman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations. He is an American.
Maybe you're right, boss. It all depends on the way you look at it. Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. 'What, grandad' I exclaimed. 'Planting an almond tree' and he, bent as he was, turned round and said, 'My son, I carry on as if I should never die.' I replied, 'And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.' Which of us was right, boss
That's an entirely different scenario than the one we faced in the Rodney King days, this is not your grandfather's LAPD.
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Translations for grandfather
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- 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
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