grandpa
/ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/
grandpa noun: grandfather.
Noun
grandpa (plural grandpas)
- grandfather.
- Any elderly man, regardless of if he has, or whether one knows he has, grandchildren.
- Pointing to the ‘No Smoking’ sign on the wall, he said we must stop smoking. ‘All right, grandpa!’ someone said.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 137
Proper noun capitalized: Grandpa
Grandpa
- An unfriendly and disparaging way of addressing an elderly man whose name is unknown.
grandpa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
grandpa in Hindi
- दादा जी, दादा
grandpa in Tamil
- தாத்தா
grandpa in Marathi
- grandfather (informal)
- आजोबा ājobā
grandpa in Urdu
- دادا, دادا صاحب
More languagesFewer languages
- grandpa in Bengali
- দাদু dadu
- grandpa in Telugu
- తాత tāta, నాయనయ్య nāyanayya, జేజినాయన jējināyana
- grandpa in Kannada
- ಅಜ್ಜ
- grandpa in Punjabi
- ਦਾਦਾ ਜੀ, ਦਾਦਾ ਜੀ ਜੀ
- grandpa in Gujarati
- દાદા, દાદાજી, દાદા જી
- grandpa in Odia
- ଦାଦା
- grandpa in Arabic
- جَدِّي jaddī
- grandpa in Malay
- atuk, tuk
- grandpa in Thai
- ปู่ bpùu, ตา dtaa
Examples of grandpa in a sentence
- I'm still much too young to drive, and my grandpa is already far too old.
- Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.
- Grandpa would give each of the kids a strip of ladyfingers to light on New Year's Day.
Forms of grandpa
| plural | grandpas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gran'pa |
| alternative form | grampa |
Origin of grandpa
From grand- + pa, after grandfather.
Words formed from grandpa
Questions about grandpa
- What does grandpa mean?
- Grandpa means grandfather.
- What is grandpa in Hindi?
- Grandpa in Hindi is दादा जी, दादा. See Grandpa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grandpa?
- Grandpa can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce grandpa?
- Grandpa is pronounced /ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/.
- What is the plural of grandpa?
- The plural of grandpa is grandpas.
Words near grandpa in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grandpa (page history and authors); Grandpa (page history and authors); grandpa (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grandpa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grandpa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); দাদু (Bengali) (page history and authors); grandpa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grandpa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grandpa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grandpa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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