granny

See also: Granny

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æni

Alternative forms

grannie (less common)

Noun

granny ‎(plural grannies)

1. (colloquial) A grandmother.

   I'm going to be a granny.

2. (colloquial, derogatory) An elderly woman.

   There are too many grannies around here getting in the way.

Synonyms

• (grandmother): gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny
• (elderly woman): old dear

Derived terms

• granny knot

Translations

colloquial: grandmother

• Belarusian: бабу́ля f ‎(babúlja)
• Bulgarian: баба (bg) f ‎(baba), бабче n ‎(babče)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奶奶 (zh) ‎(nǎinǎi, nǎinai)

• Czech: babička (cs) f, bábinka f, babča f
• Dutch: oma (nl) f, (Netherlands) opoe (nl) f, (Belgium) bomma f
• French: mémé (fr) f, mamie (fr) f
• German: Oma (de) f, Omi (de) f
• Hungarian: nagyi (hu)

• Italian: nonna (it), nonnina f
• Japanese: おばあちゃん ‎(obāchan), お婆さん ‎(おばあさん, obāsan)
• Macedonian: баба f ‎(bába)
• Polish: babunia (pl) f, babusia f
• Portuguese: vó (pt) f
• Russian: ба́бушка (ru) f ‎(bábuška), бабу́ся (ru) f ‎(babúsja), бабу́ля (ru) f ‎(babúlja), ба́ба (ru) f ‎(bába), бабу́ня (ru) f ‎(babúnja) (regional)
• Spanish: abuelita f
• Ukrainian: бабу́ся (uk) f ‎(babúsja), бабу́ня (uk) f ‎(babúnja)

colloquial, derogatory: an elderly woman

• Bulgarian: старица (bg) f ‎(starica)
• Czech: stařena f
• Dutch: besje (nl) f
• French: mémé (fr) f, vieille (fr) f
• German: Alte (de) f
• Hungarian: anyó (hu), anyóka (hu)
• Macedonian: ба́ба f ‎(bába)
• Polish: babka (pl) f, staruszka (pl) f, baba (pl) f

• Portuguese: velha (pt) f
• Romanian: babă (ro) f
• Russian: ба́ба (ru) f ‎(bába), ба́бка (ru) f ‎(bábka), бабу́ся (ru) f ‎(babúsja), бабу́ля (ru) f ‎(babúlja), ба́бушка (ru) f ‎(bábuška), стару́ха (ru) f ‎(starúxa), стару́шка (ru) f ‎(starúška)

Adjective

granny ‎(not comparable)

1. typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

   granny dress; granny glasses

Anagrams

• nangry