granny
To be a grandmotherTo be a grandmother.
» Sami visited his granny.
Самі побував у гостях у бабусі. — deniko
OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(informal, intransitive)To be a grandmother.
(informal, intransitive)To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss.
Examples
39 sentencesSami visited his granny.
Самі побував у гостях у бабусі. — deniko
Go to your granny.
Йди до бабусі. — rmdas
deGehe zur Oma! — Odelaine
Where does her granny live?
Де живе її бабуся? — deniko
Where does his granny live?
Де живе його бабуся? — deniko
My granny is eighty years old.
ruМой бабушке восемьдесят лет. — marafon
deMeine Oma ist achtzig Jahre alt. — Melang
Origin
Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-
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Forms
grannies, grannying, grannied, granniedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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.