Meaning

4 senses
  1. (colloquial)A grandmother.

    I'm going to be a granny.

    Good morning, Granny!

    Oma, Omi, Großmutti

    ба́бушкаbábuška, бабу́сяbabúsja, бабу́ляbabúlja

    бабу́сяbabúsja, бабу́няbabúnja, ба́бцяbábcja

  2. (colloquial)Any elderly woman, regardless of if she has grandchildren.

    That granny over there needs your assistance.

    Alte

    ба́баbába, ба́бкаbábka, бабу́сяbabúsja

    an old woman

  3. (colloquial)An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.

  4. (Australia, colloquial)A grand final.

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Sami visited his granny.

    Самі побував у гостях у бабусі. — deniko

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  2. Go to your granny.

    Йди до бабусі. — rmdas

    deGehe zur Oma! — Odelaine

  3. Where does her granny live?

    Де живе її бабуся? — deniko

  4. Where does his granny live?

    Де живе його бабуся? — deniko

  5. My granny is eighty years old.

    ruМой бабушке восемьдесят лет. — marafon

    deMeine Oma ist achtzig Jahre alt. — Melang

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma:
Русский
By meaning 2
colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma:
colloquial: an elderly woman:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
colloquial: grandmother — see also grandma:
colloquial: an elderly woman:

Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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