great-grandfather

great-grandfather noun: the father of one's grandparent.

Noun

great-grandfather (plural great-grandfathers)

The father of one's grandparent.
- The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 133
Synonyms:

besaiel, great-grandpa

father of one's grandparent: முப்பாட்டன் muppāṭṭaṉ, கொள்ளுப்பாட்டன் koḷḷuppāṭṭaṉ, கொள்ளுத்தாத்தா koḷḷuttāttā

More languagesFewer languages

great-grandfather in Tagalog: lolo sa tuhod
great-grandfather in Malay: moyang lelaki, moyang, bapa datuk nenek
great-grandfather in Indonesian: kakek buyut
great-grandfather in Persian: پدرِ مادربزرگ pedar-e mâdar-bozorg, پدرِ پدربزرگ pedar-e pedar-bozorg
great-grandfather in Vietnamese: ông cố, cụ ông
great-grandfather in Myanmar: အဘေး a.bhe:, ဘေး bhe:
Kashmiri: بَڈٕ بُڈؠ بَب baḍụ buḍ' bab

plural	great-grandfathers
alternative form	great grandfather

From great- + grandfather.

What does great-grandfather mean?: Great-grandfather means the father of one's grandparent.
What is great-grandfather in Hindi?: Great-grandfather in Hindi is परदादा (pardādā), परनाना (parnānā). See Great-grandfather meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is great-grandfather?: Great-grandfather is a noun.
What is the plural of great-grandfather?: The plural of great-grandfather is great-grandfathers.

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