granny

See also: Granny

English

Alternative forms

• grannie (less common)

Etymology

• gran(nam) +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæni/

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• Rhymes: -æni
• Hyphenation: gran‧ny

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.

3. (knots) A granny knot.
4. (farming, colloquial) An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.

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)
• Catalan: iaia (ca) f
• 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 (nl) 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 (ja) (おばあさん, obāsan)
• Macedonian: ба́ба f (bába)
• Polish: babunia (pl) f, babusia f
• Portuguese: vó (pt) f, vovó (pt) f, vovozinha f
• Russian: ба́бушка (ru) f (bábuška), бабу́ся (ru) f (babúsja), бабу́ля (ru) f (babúlja), ба́ба (ru) f (bába), бабу́ня (ru) f (babúnja) (regional)
• Scots: gran, grannie
• Spanish: abuelita (es) f, yaya (es) f
• Ukrainian: бабу́ся (uk) f (babúsja), бабу́ня (uk) f (babúnja)

colloquial, derogatory: an elderly woman

• Bulgarian: старица (bg) f (starica)
• Czech: stařena (cs) f
• Dutch: besje (nl) f
• Finnish: mummo (fi), mummeli (fi)
• French: mémé (fr) f, vieille (fr) f
• German: Alte (de) f
• Hungarian: anyó (hu), anyóka (hu)

• Irish: seanbhean f, seanchailleach f
• 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. (informal) typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

   granny dress; granny glasses

Verb

granny (third-person singular simple present grannies, present participle grannying, simple past and past participle grannied)

1. (informal, intransitive) To be a grandmother.
2. (informal, intransitive) To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss.

Anagrams

• nangry