maternal grandfather

English[edit]

maternal grandfather (plural maternal grandfathers)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Coordinate term: maternal grandmother

Antonyms: paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother

one's mother's father

Catalan: avi matern m
Cherokee: ᎡᏚᏓ (eduda)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 公公 (gung¹ gung¹, gung^1-4 gung¹), 外公 (ngoi⁶ gung¹), 外祖父 (ngoi⁶ zou² fu⁶)

Hakka: 姐公 (chiá-kûng), 外阿公 (ngoi-â-kûng)

Mandarin: 外公 (zh) (wàigōng), 外祖父 (zh) (wàizǔfù)

Min Nan: 外公 (guā-kong)
Czech: dědeček z matčiny strany
Danish: morfar (da) c
Dutch: grootvader van moederszijde m
Faroese: móðirfaðir m
Finnish: äidinisä (fi)
French: grand-père maternel m
German: Großvater mütterlicherseits m
Gooniyandi: jaminyi
Hindi: नाना (hi) (nānā), नानू m (nānū), मातामह (hi) m (mātāmah)
Hungarian: anyai nagyapa
Icelandic: móðurfaðir m
Italian: nonno materno
Japanese: 母方の祖父 (ははかたのそふ, hahakata no sofu), 外祖父 (ja) (がいそふ, gaisofu), 母方のお爺さん (ははかたのおじいさん, haha kata no ojīsan) (honorific)
Kalmyk: ^{(please verify)} наһц-аав (nahts-aav)
Khmer: ^{(please verify)} មាតាមហៈ (km) (mietaamea’ha’) (royal usage)
Korean: 할아버지 (ko) (harabeoji), 외할아버지 (ko) (oeharabeoji)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: باپیر‎ (ku) (bapîr)

Lao: ຕາ (lo) (tā)
Latin: avus maternus
Lü: ᦎᦱ (ṫaa)
Malay: nenek lelaki
Malayalam: മുത്തച്ഛന്‍ (muttacchan‍), അപ്പൂപ്പന്‍ (appūppan‍)
Mapudungun: cheche
Navajo: acheii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: morfar (no) m

Nynorsk: morfar m
O'odham: ba꞉b
Portuguese: avô maternal
Sanskrit: मातामह (sa) m (mātāmaha)
Scots: gudesire
Scottish Gaelic: seanair màithreil m
Serbo-Croatian: дед m, ded (sh) m, дјед m, djed (sh) m, деда m, deda (sh) m, дједа m, djeda (sh) m
Shan: တႃ (shn) (tǎa)
Slovene: stari oče (sl) m
Spanish: abuelo materno
Swedish: morfar (sv) c
Telugu: మాతామహుడు (te) m (mātāmahuḍu)
Thai: ตา (th) (dtaa)
Turkmen: ^{(please verify)} baba (tk)
Vietnamese: ông ngoại (vi) (翁外)
Volapük: motafat (vo)
Zhuang: da, goengda