grandparent
The parent of someone's parentThe parent of someone's parent.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Tom lives in Boston with his grandparents.
Том живе у Бостоні з дідусем та бабусею. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesThe parent of someone's parent.
Großeltern, Großelternteil
де́душкаdéduška, дедded, ба́бушкаbábuška
a parent of your father or mother
Examples
378 sentencesTom lives in Boston with his grandparents.
Том живе у Бостоні з дідусем та бабусею. — deniko
My grandparents died before I was born.
Мої бабуся з дідусем померли до мого народження. — deniko
ruМои дедушка с бабушкой умерли до того, как я родился. — odexed
Are your grandparents still alive?
Твої дідусь та бабуся ще живі? — deniko
These are my grandparents.
Це мої дідусь і бабуся. — User55521
ruЭто мои бабушка и дедушка. — marafon
deDas sind meine Großeltern. — rmateo
Tom was raised by his grandparents.
ruТома вырастили дедушка с бабушкой. — marafon
deTom wurde von seinen Großeltern aufgezogen. — wolfgangth
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From grand- + parent. Compare French grand-parent.From grand- + parent. Compare French grand-parent.
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Forms
plural: grandparentsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- with his grandparents
- his grandparents in
- visit your grandparents
- visit my grandparents
- his grandparents house
- with my grandparents
- at his grandparents
- of his grandparents
- of my grandparents
- my grandparents are
- grandparents house
- are your grandparents
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.