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great-grandchild

great-grandchild noun: the child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild.

Noun

great-grandchild (plural great-grandchildren)

  1. The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    great-grandkid

great-grandchild meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

great-grandchild in Tamil

பேரனின் அல்லது பேர்த்தியின் பிள்ளை, கொள்ளுப் பெயரன், கொள்ளுப் பெயர்த்தி

great-grandchild in Tagalog

The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild
apo sa tuhod

great-grandchild in Malay

The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild
cicit

great-grandchild in Indonesian

The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild
cicit
More languagesFewer languages
great-grandchild in Persian
نبیره nabire
great-grandchild in Thai
เหลน lěen
great-grandchild in Vietnamese
chắt
great-grandchild in Myanmar
မြစ် mrac

Synonyms of great-grandchild

Forms of great-grandchild

pluralgreat-grandchildren
alternative formgreat grandchild
alternative formgreatgrandchild

Origin of great-grandchild

From great- + grandchild.

Questions about great-grandchild

What does great-grandchild mean?
Great-grandchild means the child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild.
What is great-grandchild in Tamil?
Great-grandchild in Tamil is பேரனின் அல்லது பேர்த்தியின் பிள்ளை, கொள்ளுப் பெயரன், கொள்ளுப் பெயர்த்தி. See Great-grandchild meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is great-grandchild?
Great-grandchild is a noun.
What is the plural of great-grandchild?
The plural of great-grandchild is great-grandchildren.

Words near great-grandchild in the dictionary

  1. great-goes
  2. great-gos
  3. great-grand
  4. great-grandaunt
  5. great-grandaunts
  6. great-grandchild
  7. great-grandchildren
  8. great-granddaughter
  9. great-granddaughters
  10. great-grandfather
  11. great-grandfather-in-law

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Adapted from Wiktionary: great-grandchild (page history and authors); great-grandchild (Tamil 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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