"great-grandfather" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-great-grandfather.ogg [US] Forms: great-grandfathers [plural]
Etymology: From great- + grandfather. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|great-|grandfather}} great- + grandfather Head templates: {{en-noun|head=great-grandfather}} great-grandfather (plural great-grandfathers)
  1. The father of one's grandparent. Categories (topical): Male family members Synonyms: besaiel [obsolete], great-grandpa, great grandfather Related terms: grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, great-grandchild, great-granddaughter, great-grandmother, great-grandparent, great-grandson Translations (father of one's grandparent): oupagrootjie (Afrikaans), oorgrootvader (Afrikaans), strãush [masculine] (Aromanian), ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ (sāḇā rabbā) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), bisgüelu [masculine] (Asturian), birraitona (Basque), birraitita (Basque), пра́дзед (prádzjed) [masculine] (Belarusian), পরদাদা (pordada) (english: paternal) (Bengali), прадядо (pradjado) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အဘေး (a.bhe:) (Burmese), ဘေး (bhe:) (Burmese), besavi [masculine] (Catalan), باپیرە گەورە (bapîre gewre) (Central Kurdish), 曾祖父 (zēngzǔfù) (Chinese Mandarin), achtontli (Classical Nahuatl), pradědeček [masculine] (Czech), praděd [masculine] (Czech), oldefar [common-gender] (Danish), oldefader [common-gender] (Danish), overgrootvader [masculine] (Dutch), praavo (Esperanto), langabbi [masculine] (Faroese), langavi [masculine] (Faroese), isoisoisä (Finnish), isoisän isä (Finnish), arrière-grand-père [masculine] (French), bisaïeul [masculine] (French), basavon [masculine] (Friulian), bisavó [masculine] (Galician), დიდი ბაბუა (didi babua) (Georgian), Urgroßvater [masculine] (German), Urgrossvater [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, masculine] (German), προπάππος (propáppos) [masculine] (Greek), סבא רבא \ סַבָּא רַבָּא (sába rába) [masculine] (Hebrew), परदादा (pardādā) (english: paternal) (Hindi), dédapa (Hungarian), dédnagyapa (Hungarian), langafi [masculine] (Icelandic), preavulo (Ido), kakek buyut (Indonesian), garathair [masculine] (Irish), bisnonno [masculine] (Italian), bisavolo [masculine] (Italian), bisavo [masculine] (Italian), proavolo [masculine] (Italian), proavo [masculine] (Italian), 曾祖父 (sōsofu) (alt: そうそふ) (Japanese), بَڈٕ بُڈؠ بَب (baḍụ buḍ' bab) (Kashmiri), ជីតាទួត (cii taa tuət) (Khmer), 증조부 (jeungjobu) (alt: 曾祖父) (Korean), proavus [masculine] (Latin), vecvectēvs [masculine] (Latvian), prosenelis [masculine] (Lithuanian), прадедо (pradedo) [masculine] (Macedonian), moyang lelaki (Malay), moyang (Malay), bapa datuk nenek (Malay), (cɛ̀ˀ) (Mon), naakidi nácheii (english: maternal) (Navajo), naakidi nánálí (english: paternal) (Navajo), grand-grand-péthe [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), grand-papa [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), oldefar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oldefar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), langgodfar [masculine, rare] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ái [masculine] (Old Norse), پدرِ مادربزرگ (pedar-e mâdar-bozorg) (Persian), پدرِ پدربزرگ (pedar-e pedar-bozorg) (Persian), pradziadek [masculine, person] (Polish), bisavô [masculine] (Portuguese), străbunic (Romanian), пра́дед (práded) [masculine] (Russian), праде́душка (pradéduška) [masculine] (Russian), sinn-seanair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), прадеда [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pradeda [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), aacaz (note: of a female) (Seri), pradedo [masculine] (Slovak), praded [masculine] (Slovene), bisabuelo [masculine] (Spanish), aki uyut (Sundanese), farfarsfar (english: father's father's father) [common-gender] (Swedish), farmorsfar (english: father's mother's father) [common-gender] (Swedish), morfarsfar (english: mother's father's father) [common-gender] (Swedish), mormorsfar (english: mother's mother's father) [common-gender] (Swedish), gammelfarfar (english: parent's father's father) [common-gender] (Swedish), gammelmorfar (english: parent's mother's father) [common-gender] (Swedish), lolo sa tuhod (Tagalog), ముత్తాత (muttāta) (Telugu), песяпесятай (peśapeśataj) (Udmurt), пра́дід (prádid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ông cố (Vietnamese), hen daid [masculine] (Welsh), hen dad-cu [masculine] (Welsh), עלטער־זיידע (elter-zeyde) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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          "code": "af",
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          "roman": "sāḇā rabbā",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
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          ],
          "word": "ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ"
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        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "bisgüelu"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "birraitona"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "birraitita"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "prádzjed",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "пра́дзед"
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          "roman": "pordada",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "পরদাদা"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pradjado",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "прадядо"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.bhe:",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "အဘေး"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "bhe:",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "ဘေး"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "besavi"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zēngzǔfù",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "曾祖父"
        },
        {
          "code": "nci",
          "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "achtontli"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
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        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "overgrootvader"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "praavo"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "isoisoisä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "isoisän isä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arrière-grand-père"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bisaïeul"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "basavon"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bisavó"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "didi babua",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "დიდი ბაბუა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Urgroßvater"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "Liechtenstein",
            "Switzerland",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Urgrossvater"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "propáppos",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "προπάππος"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sába rába",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "סבא רבא \\ סַבָּא רַבָּא"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "english": "paternal",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pardādā",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "परदादा"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "dédapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "dédnagyapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "langafi"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "preavulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "kakek buyut"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "garathair"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bisnonno"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bisavolo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bisavo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "proavolo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "proavo"
        },
        {
          "alt": "そうそふ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōsofu",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "曾祖父"
        },
        {
          "code": "ks",
          "lang": "Kashmiri",
          "roman": "baḍụ buḍ' bab",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "بَڈٕ بُڈؠ بَب"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cii taa tuət",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "ជីតាទួត"
        },
        {
          "alt": "曾祖父",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeungjobu",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "증조부"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "bapîre gewre",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "باپیرە گەورە"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "proavus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vecvectēvs"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prosenelis"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pradedo",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прадедо"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "moyang lelaki"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "moyang"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "bapa datuk nenek"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnw",
          "lang": "Mon",
          "roman": "cɛ̀ˀ",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "ဇ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "english": "maternal",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "naakidi nácheii"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "english": "paternal",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "naakidi nánálí"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grand-grand-péthe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grand-papa"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oldefar"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oldefar"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "langgodfar"
        },
        {
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ái"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pedar-e mâdar-bozorg",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "پدرِ مادربزرگ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pedar-e pedar-bozorg",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "پدرِ پدربزرگ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "person"
          ],
          "word": "pradziadek"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bisavô"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "străbunic"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "práded",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пра́дед"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pradéduška",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "праде́душка"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinn-seanair"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прадеда"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pradeda"
        },
        {
          "code": "sei",
          "lang": "Seri",
          "note": "of a female",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "aacaz"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pradedo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "praded"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bisabuelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "aki uyut"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "father's father's father",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "farfarsfar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "father's mother's father",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "farmorsfar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "mother's father's father",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "morfarsfar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "mother's mother's father",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "mormorsfar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "parent's father's father",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gammelfarfar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "parent's mother's father",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gammelmorfar"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "lolo sa tuhod"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "muttāta",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "ముత్తాత"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "peśapeśataj",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "песяпесятай"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prádid",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пра́дід"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "word": "ông cố"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hen daid"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hen dad-cu"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "elter-zeyde",
          "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "עלטער־זיידע"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "grandfather"
    },
    {
      "word": "grandmother"
    },
    {
      "word": "grandparent"
    },
    {
      "word": "great-grandchild"
    },
    {
      "word": "great-granddaughter"
    },
    {
      "word": "great-grandmother"
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        "English terms prefixed with great-",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Requests for review of Arabic translations",
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        "The father of one's grandparent."
      ],
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          "grandparent"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "besaiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "great-grandpa"
    },
    {
      "word": "great grandfather"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "oupagrootjie"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "oorgrootvader"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strãush"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "sāḇā rabbā",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisgüelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "birraitona"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "birraitita"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prádzjed",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пра́дзед"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "english": "paternal",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "pordada",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "পরদাদা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pradjado",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прадядо"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.bhe:",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "အဘေး"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "bhe:",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "ဘေး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "besavi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zēngzǔfù",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "曾祖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "achtontli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pradědeček"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "praděd"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oldefar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oldefader"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overgrootvader"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "praavo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "langabbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "langavi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "isoisoisä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "isoisän isä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrière-grand-père"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisaïeul"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "basavon"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisavó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "didi babua",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "დიდი ბაბუა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Urgroßvater"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Urgrossvater"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "propáppos",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "προπάππος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sába rába",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סבא רבא \\ סַבָּא רַבָּא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "english": "paternal",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pardādā",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "परदादा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "dédapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "dédnagyapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "langafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "preavulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "kakek buyut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garathair"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisnonno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisavolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisavo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proavolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proavo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうそふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōsofu",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "曾祖父"
    },
    {
      "code": "ks",
      "lang": "Kashmiri",
      "roman": "baḍụ buḍ' bab",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "بَڈٕ بُڈؠ بَب"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cii taa tuət",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "ជីតាទួត"
    },
    {
      "alt": "曾祖父",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeungjobu",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "증조부"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bapîre gewre",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "باپیرە گەورە"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proavus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vecvectēvs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prosenelis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pradedo",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прадедо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "moyang lelaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "moyang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "bapa datuk nenek"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "roman": "cɛ̀ˀ",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "ဇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "english": "maternal",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "naakidi nácheii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "english": "paternal",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "naakidi nánálí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grand-grand-péthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grand-papa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oldefar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oldefar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "langgodfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ái"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pedar-e mâdar-bozorg",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "پدرِ مادربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pedar-e pedar-bozorg",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "پدرِ پدربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "pradziadek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisavô"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "străbunic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "práded",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пра́дед"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pradéduška",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "праде́душка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinn-seanair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прадеда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pradeda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sei",
      "lang": "Seri",
      "note": "of a female",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "aacaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pradedo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "praded"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisabuelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "aki uyut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "father's father's father",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "farfarsfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "father's mother's father",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "farmorsfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "mother's father's father",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "morfarsfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "mother's mother's father",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mormorsfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "parent's father's father",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gammelfarfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "parent's mother's father",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gammelmorfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "lolo sa tuhod"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "muttāta",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "ముత్తాత"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "peśapeśataj",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "песяпесятай"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prádid",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пра́дід"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "word": "ông cố"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hen daid"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hen dad-cu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "elter-zeyde",
      "sense": "father of one's grandparent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עלטער־זיידע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "great-grandfather"
}

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