English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From great- grandparent
great- grandparent plural great-grandparents
A parent of a grandparent ; a grandparent of a parent. Usage notes [ edit ] Additional instances of "great-" can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. For large numbers of generations a number can be substituted, for example, "fourth great-grandparent", "four-greats grandparent" or "four-times-great-grandparent".
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] parent of a grandparent
Asturian: bisgüelu (ast) m bisgüela (ast) f
Catalan: besàvia (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 曾祖父 (zh) ( zēngzǔfù ) ( great-grandfather ) , 曾祖母 (zh) ( zēngzǔmǔ ) ( great-grandmother )
Dutch: overgrootouder (nl) m
Esperanto: prageavo gepraavo
Finnish: isoisovanhempi
French: arrière-grand-parent (fr) , bisaïeul (fr)
Galician: bisavó (gl) m bisavoa (gl) f
German: Urgroßelternteil m Urgroßeltern (de) pl ( plural only ) , Urgroßvater (de) m ( great-grandfather ) , Urgroßmutter (de) f ( great-grandmother )
Hungarian: dédszülő (hu)
Icelandic: langafi (is) m ( great-grandfather ) , langamma (is) f ( great-grandmother )
Ido: preavo (io)
Indonesian: moyang (id)
Italian: bisnonno (it) m
Japanese: 曾祖父 (ja) ( hījiji, sōsofu ) ( great-grandfather ) , 曾祖母 (ja) ( hībaba, sōsobo ) ( great-grandmother )
Macedonian: пра́дедо m ( prádedo ) , пра́баба f ( prábaba )
Malay: moyang (ms) , ibu bapa datuk nenek
Montana Salish: t'ot'ó
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oldeforelder m
Nynorsk: oldeforelder m
Polish: pradziadkowie (pl) m pl
Portuguese: bisavô (pt) m
Romanian: străbunic (ro) m străbunică (ro) f
Russian: пра́дед (ru) m ( práded ) , праде́душка (ru) m ( pradéduška ) ( great-grandfather ) , праба́бка (ru) f ( prabábka ) , праба́бушка (ru) f ( prabábuška ) ( great-grandmother )
Slovak: praded m pradedo m
Spanish: bisabuelo (es) m bisabuela (es) f
Sranan Tongo: awo
Thai: ทวด (th) ( tûuat )
Welsh: hen daid m hen dad-cu m hen nain f hen fam-gu f
Yiddish: אורעלטערן pl ( ureltern )
See also [ edit ]