grandpa

See also: Grandpa

English

Alternative forms

• gran'pa, grampa

Etymology

From grand- +‎ pa, after grandfather.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/, /ˈɡɹæm.pə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

grandpa (plural grandpas)

1. (informal) grandfather.
2. (colloquial) Any elderly man, regardless of if he has, or whether one knows he has, grandchildren.
   • 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 137:

     Pointing to the ‘No Smoking’ sign on the wall, he said we must stop smoking. ‘All right, grandpa!’ someone said.

Derived terms

• grampie
• gramps
• grandpacore
• grandpie
• grandpy
• great-grandpa

Related terms

• granddad
• grandma

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: granpa

Translations

grandfather (informal)

• Afrikaans: oupa (af)
• Ambonese Malay: opa
• Arabic: جَدِّي m (jaddī)

  Iraqi Arabic: جِدُّو m (jiddū)

• Armenian: պապի (hy) (papi), պապիկ (hy) (papik)
• Belarusian: дзяду́ля (dzjadúlja), дзяду́ня m (dzjadúnja)
• Bulgarian: дя́до (bg) m (djádo)
• Catalan: iaio (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爺爺 / 爷爷 (zh) (yéye, yěyé)

• Czech: dědeček (cs), děda (cs)
• Danish: bessefar c, bedstefar (da) c
• Dutch: opa (nl)
• Finnish: pappa (fi), ukki (fi), vaari (fi)
• French: papi (fr) m, papy (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: pake c

• Galician: avó (gl) m
• Georgian: პაპა (ṗaṗa), ბაბუტი (babuṭi), ბაბუ (babu)
• German: Opa (de) m, Opi (de) m

  Alemannic German: Äni m

• Greek: παππούς (el) m (pappoús), πάππος (el) m (páppos)
• Hebrew: סבא (he) m
• Italian: nonno (it) m
• Japanese: お爺ちゃん (おじいちゃん, ojii-chan), お爺さん (ja) (おじいさん, ojii-san)
• Javanese: kaki (ngoko & krama)
• Korean: 할아버지 (ko) (harabeoji)
• Latvian: opis m, opaps m
• Macedonian: дедо (mk) m (dedo)
• Malay: atuk, tuk (ms)
• Marathi: आजोबा m (ājobā)
• Plautdietsch: Groospa m
• Polish: dziadziuś (pl) m
• Portuguese: vovô (pt) m
• Romanian: bunicuț (ro) m
• Russian: де́душка (ru) m (déduška), деду́ля (ru) m (dedúlja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: де̏да m

  Latin: dȅda (sh) m, djed (sh) m (Croatia)

• Slovak: dedko (sk) m
• Slovene: dedek m
• Sotho: ntatemoholo (st)
• Spanish: abuelo (es), abuelito (es), yayo (es)
• Swedish: farfar (sv) c (paternal), morfar (sv) c (maternal)
• Telugu: తాత (te) (tāta), నాయనయ్య (te) (nāyanayya), జేజినాయన (jējināyana)
• Thai: ปู่ (th) (bpùu) (paternal grandfather), ตา (th) (dtaa) (maternal grandfather)
• Ukrainian: діду́сь m (didúsʹ), діду́нь m (didúnʹ)
• Volapük: lefatül (vo)