grandchild
/ˈɡɹændˌtʃaɪld/
grandchild noun: a child of someone's child.
Noun
grandchild (plural grandchildren)
- A child of someone's child.
- ...he fell into amazement when he thought of the Herculean labours those fifteen pairs of hands had performed: of the cows they had milked, the butter they had made, the gardens they had planted, the children and grandchildren they had tended, the brooms they had worn out, the mountains of food...1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl
- Legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a woman suspected of trying to kidnap their grandchild Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.2020 September 27, Stella Chan, Paul Vercammen, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, “NFL legend Joe Montana tussles with woman who attempted to kidnap his grandchild, police say”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- grandbairn, grandkid, grandoffspring, grandwean, oe
grandchild meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
grandchild in Hindi
- child of one’s child
- पोता potā, नाती nātī, पोती potī, नातिन nātin
grandchild in Tamil
- பேரக்குழந்தை
grandchild in Urdu
- child of one’s child
- پوتا potā, ناتی nātī, پوتی potī, ناتِن nātin
grandchild in Bengali
- child of one’s child
- নাতি nati, নাতনি natoni
More languagesFewer languages
- grandchild in Malayalam
- പേരക്കുട്ടി pērakkuṭṭi, പേരക്കിടാവ് pērakkiṭāvŭ
- grandchild in Kannada
- ಮೊಮ್ಮಗು, ಮಮ್ಮಗ, ಮೊಮ್ಮಗ
- grandchild in Sanskrit
- नपात् napāt
- grandchild in Assamese
- নাতি nati, নাতিনী natini
- grandchild in Tagalog
- apo
- grandchild in Arabic
- حَفِيد ḥafīd, حَفِيدَة ḥafīda
- grandchild in Malay
- cucu
- grandchild in Indonesian
- cucu
- grandchild in Thai
- หลาน lǎan
- grandchild in Vietnamese
- cháu
- grandchild in Myanmar
- မြေး mre:
Examples of grandchild in a sentence
- My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
- The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.
- When are you going to stop whoring around, find a nice girl, and give us grandchildren?
Synonyms of grandchild
Antonyms
Forms of grandchild
| plural | grandchildren |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | grand-child |
Origin of grandchild
From grand- + child.
Words formed from grandchild
Phrases with grandchild
Questions about grandchild
- What does grandchild mean?
- Grandchild means a child of someone's child.
- What is grandchild in Hindi?
- Grandchild in Hindi is पोता (potā), नाती (nātī), पोती (potī). See Grandchild meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grandchild?
- Grandchild is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grandchild?
- Grandchild is pronounced /ˈɡɹændˌtʃaɪld/.
- What is the plural of grandchild?
- The plural of grandchild is grandchildren.
Words near grandchild in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grandchild (page history and authors); grandchild (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grandchild (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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