grandcat
Syllables: grand·cat/ˈɡɹæn(d)kæt/US/ˈɡɹæn(d)kæt/
grandcat noun: a cat owned by one's child (especially when the latter is adult); a cat having a status comparable to a grandchild.
Noun
grandcat (plural grandcats)
- A cat owned by one's child (especially when the latter is adult); a cat having a status comparable to a grandchild.
- This cat—my daughter's cat and my grandcat—arrived here weeks ago, caged and collared and thoroughly citified.2004, Ellen Goodman, “A Sense of Place”, in Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN
- I'm heading to GR tomorrow to bring the cat to Mom/Maurice for a couple of weeks. I'm heading to Tokyo the week of July 11, so they have to take care of their grandcat!2006 July 1, Barbie Root, “July 2006”, in Life After Katrina: A Family's Story of Trial and Triumph, [Mustang, Okla.]: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, published 2009, →ISBN, page 325
Forms of grandcat
| plural | grandcats |
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Origin of grandcat
From grand- + cat, by analogy with grandchild.
Questions about grandcat
- What does grandcat mean?
- Grandcat means a cat owned by one's child (especially when the latter is adult); a cat having a status comparable to a grandchild.
- What part of speech is grandcat?
- Grandcat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grandcat?
- Grandcat is pronounced /ˈɡɹæn(d)kæt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of grandcat?
- The plural of grandcat is grandcats.
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