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Plural of grandchild

irregular plural

The plural of grandchild is grandchildren.

Forms of grandchild

Singulargrandchild /ˈɡɹændˌtʃaɪld/
Pluralgrandchildren
Countablecountable

Grandchildren in a sentence

  • A couple in India are suing their son and daughter-in-law – for not giving them grandchildren after six years of marriage.2022 May 17, Esha Mitra and Jessie Yeung, “Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren”, in CNN
  • The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.From the entry descendant
  • When are you going to stop whoring around, find a nice girl, and give us grandchildren?From the entry around
  • Men who become fathers later in life may pass a mark of longevity down to their paternal grandchildren.From the entry paternal grandchild
  • The proposita was an elderly woman who passed on the disorder to three of her four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren.From the entry proposita

Meaning of grandchild

  1. noun A child of someone's child.

Full definition of grandchild

Other irregular plurals

Questions about the plural of grandchild

What is the plural of grandchild?
The plural of grandchild is grandchildren.
Is grandchild countable?
Grandchild is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grandchild (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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