grandma

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹænmɑː/

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Noun

grandma (plural grandmas)

1. (informal) grandmother

Alternative forms

• granma

Derived terms

• don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs
• everyone and their grandma
• great-grandma
• great-great-grandma
• teach grandma how to suck eggs

 

Related terms

• grandpa

Translations

grandmother (informal)

• Afrikaans: ouma (af)
• Arabic: جِدَّة‎ (ar) f (jidda), تِيتَة‎ f (tīta)

  Egyptian Arabic: تيتة‎ f (tēta)

  South Levantine Arabic: تيتة‎ f (tēta)

• Armenian: տատի (hy) (tati), տատիկ (hy) (tatik)
• Catalan: iaia (ca)
• Czech: babička (cs) f
• Dutch: oma (nl)
• Finnish: mummi (fi), mummo (fi)
• French: mamie (fr)
• Georgian: ბებო (bebo)
• German: Oma (de), Omi (de)
• Greek: γιαγιά (el) f (giagiá)
• Hebrew: סָבְתָא‎ (he) (sávta)
• Ingrian: ämmä, ämmö
• Irish: maimeó f, mamó f, móraí f
• Italian: nonna (it) f
• Latvian: oma f, ome f
• Macedonian: ба́ба (mk) f (bába)
• Malay: nek
• Plautdietsch: Groosma f
• Polish: babcia (pl) f
• Portuguese: vovó (pt) m
• Romanian: bunicuță (ro) f
• Russian: ба́бушка (ru) f (bábuška), бабу́ся (ru) f (babúsja), бабу́ля (ru) f (babúlja), ба́ба (ru) f (bába), бабу́ня (ru) f (babúnja) (regional)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ба́ка f

  Roman: báka (sh) f

• Sotho: nkgono
• Spanish: abuela (es), abuelita (es)
• Swedish: farmor (sv) c (paternal), mormor (sv) c (maternal)
• Thai: ย่า (th) (yâa) (paternal), ยาย (th) (yaai) (maternal)
• Ukrainian: бабу́ся (uk) f (babúsja), ба́бця (uk) f (bábcja)
• Volapük: lemotül (vo)

Anagrams

• dragman, grandam