grandson
Syllables: grand·son/ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/
grandson noun: a son of one's child.
Noun
grandson (plural grandsons)
- A son of one's child.
- Three days after his young grandsons died in a fire police said was set by their father, Chuck Cox on Wednesday still was coming to grips with what happened.2012 February 8, CNN Wire Staff, “Powell boys’ grandfather: How could son-in-law do that?”, in CNN
- She’s now a great-grandmother with three sons, a grandson and two great-grandchildren.2017 February 10, Maureen O'Hare, “Great-grandmother cycles 10,000 miles – and she’s not stopping”, in CNN
grandson meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
grandson in Hindi
- son of one's child
- पोता potā, नाती nātī
grandson in Tamil
- son of one's child
- பேரன் pēraṉ, பெயரன் peyaraṉ
grandson in Marathi
- son of one's child
- नातू nātū
grandson in Urdu
- son of one's child
- پوتا potā, ناتی nātī
More languagesFewer languages
- grandson in Bengali
- নাতি nati
- grandson in Telugu
- మనుమడు manumaḍu, పౌత్రుడు pautruḍu
- grandson in Malayalam
- പൗത്രൻ pautraṉ
- grandson in Kannada
- ಮಮ್ಮ, ಮೊಮ್ಮಗ, ಮಮ್ಮಗ
- grandson in Punjabi
- ਪੋਤਰਾ potrā
- grandson in Gujarati
- દોહિત્ર dohitra
- grandson in Odia
- ନାତି nāti
- grandson in Sanskrit
- नपात् napāt, दौहित्र dauhitra, पौत्र pautra
- grandson in Sinhala
- මුනුබුරා munuburā
- grandson in Nepali
- नाति nāti
- grandson in Pashto
- لمسی lmasay
- grandson in Arabic
- حَفِيد ḥafīd
- grandson in Malay
- cucu lelaki, cucu
- grandson in Indonesian
- cucu
- grandson in Thai
- หลานชาย lǎan-chaai
- grandson in Vietnamese
- cháu trai, cháu nội, cháu ngoại
- grandson in Myanmar
- မြေး mre:
Examples of grandson in a sentence
- Every time she sees her little grandson, her face wells with joy.
- Boys will be boys, grinned Grandpa as he watched his adult son playing with the fancy train-set he had given his grandson for Christmas.
- I swear my grandson is the spitting image of my Jeffrey when he was a baby.
Synonyms of grandson
Forms of grandson
| plural | grandsons |
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Origin of grandson
From grand- + son.
Words formed from grandson
Phrases with grandson
Questions about grandson
- What does grandson mean?
- Grandson means a son of one's child.
- What is grandson in Hindi?
- Grandson in Hindi is पोता (potā), नाती (nātī). See Grandson meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grandson?
- Grandson is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grandson?
- Grandson is pronounced /ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/.
- What is the plural of grandson?
- The plural of grandson is grandsons.
Words near grandson in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grandson (page history and authors); പൗത്രൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); grandson (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪੋਤਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); દોહિત્ર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); මුනුබුරා (Sinhala) (page history and authors); नाति (Nepali) (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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