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Meanings of
grandfather
in English
Russian
дедушка
Portuguese
vovô
Spanish
abuelito
Catalan
iai
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Male grandparent.
grandpa
grandsire
granddad
grandad
gramps
granddaddy
grampa
grand-father
grandmother
grandson
grandchild
son's daughter
Related terms
kinship
Russian
дедушка
Synonyms
Examples for "
grandpa
"
grandpa
grandsire
granddad
grandad
gramps
Examples for "
grandpa
"
1
And the
grandpa
is like a picture of the old French people.
2
The boss man over
grandpa
and grandma in Virginia was John Glover.
3
We went to her real
grandpa
's
grave to do the ceremony scene.
4
It was quite different from being on
grandpa
's
farm in the country.
5
And
grandpa
says you were the best little girl he ever saw.
1
O
grandsire
,
do thou speak in detail on the duties of kings.
2
Prince Daeron, the gentlest of her children, wept for his
grandsire
's
passing.
3
O
grandsire
,
I desire to hear this, expounded to me in detail.
4
Tell me, O
grandsire
,
what is the end that these attain to.
5
What, however, O
grandsire
,
is the best or foremost of all gifts.
1
It was Watson's
granddad
or
great
-
granddad
-
I
can't remember which-that built this place.
2
So my precious
granddad
had a yellow streak in him, did he?
3
Those are generally larger calibers than
great
-
granddad
's
Winchester Rifle from the early 1900s.
4
Go out and buy your depressed
granddad
a luxury automobile immediately.
5
As James approached his
granddad
's
casket, he wished something like that would happen.
1
Your
grandad
never asked me to sign on as deputy with him.
2
Sales were stagnant; whisky was perceived as something only your
grandad
drank.
3
My
grandad
was pretty senile, but he could still read well enough.
4
There, I hear
grandad
coming, so you won't be leaving me alone.
5
My
grandad
was right: you make your own heaven on Earth.
1
In other words, drive like the
gramps
you are for once.
2
Can you imagine ole jailbird
gramps
telling stories at Christmas dinner?
3
Just something my
gramps
used to say.
4
But how was
gramps
here to know?
5
His
gramps
had stolen it.
1
AT&T's New Game Ma Bell is joining the
granddaddy
of college football.
2
Even so, Thank God my multi-great
granddaddy
got dragged onto that boat.
3
I was surprised to find I was curious about my real
granddaddy
.
4
He's going to take after his
granddaddy
,
Mrs. Izumi told the women.
5
I don't know why; maybe that was my
granddaddy
Jaybird's curiosity in me.
1
Your
grampa
had that, too, but back then we called it heartburn.
2
Kinda puts me in mind of your
grampa
's
little ice shanty.
3
I'm not exactly a beggar,
grampa
,
he asserted with some spirit.
4
Your
grampa
always wanted to drive one a them Zambonis.
5
Stepped in, pitched
grampa
down the stairs, stepped out again.
1
I had all my grand-father's melody as well as poetry by rote.
2
Valhika, therefore, was the grand-father-in-law of the lady mentioned by Gandhari.
3
I mean my
grand
-
father
and my uncle. Mr. Cuthbert shook his head slowly.
4
That little piece of information concerning her English
grand
-
father
was efficacious.
5
My
grand
-
father
was a younger brother, and a native of Saxony.
Usage of
grandfather
in English
1
The reality star said: I speak to my
grandfather
nearly every day.
2
That's important for the family simply to know who their
grandfather
was.
3
My
grandfather
used to say that sometimes the end justified the means.
4
Even my maternal
grandfather
disapproved, despite his work for the Soviet state.
5
Her great, great
grandfather
was also a German pork butcher in Sunderland.
6
In fact, I'm certain your
grandfather
would have wanted it that way.
7
The experience of Welby's
grandfather
forms the second strand of the story.
8
My
grandfather
started carrying a second world war pistol inside his jacket.
9
Sima left his
grandfather
's
house and walked back to his home village.
10
Henry's father William and his great great
grandfather
were all born there.
11
I think my
grandfather
as the patriarch took responsibility for the decision.
12
I thought you said your
grandfather
built this bunker in the 1930s?'
13
Growing up in Sydney, his
grandfather
's
clear and sonorous brogue was Ireland.
14
Ever since we carried that very first story about your
great
-
grandfather
,
remember?
15
They all knew that what the
grandfather
had said was probably true.
16
Chance has finally brought you the chance to vindicate your
grandfather
's
actions.
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About this term
grandfather
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old grandfather
great grandfather
maternal grandfather
own grandfather
dear grandfather
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Translations for
grandfather
Russian
дедушка
дед
Portuguese
vovô
avô
Spanish
abuelito
abuelo
abu
yayo
abue
Catalan
iai
avi
iaio
Grandfather
through the time
Grandfather
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
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