English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-grandmother.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
term|grand + term|mother

Noun
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en-noun

1. The mother of someone�s parent.

Synonyms
sense|mother of someone�s parent baba qualifier|loanword from Eastern Europe, gammy, gram, gramma, gran, grandma, grandmom, granny, mimi, nan qualifier|British slang, nanna, nanny, Mamaw

Translations
Many languages use different terms for the mother of someone�s father and the mother of someone�s mother. When such a distinction is required in English, the phrases term|maternal grandmother||mother of one�s mother and term|paternal grandmother||mother of one�s father can be used.

trans-top|mother of someone�s parent
Ainu: �� (huci)
Aleut: kukax
Arabic: ARchar|جدة (jádda) f
Bosnian: t-|bs|nena|f, t-|bs|baba|f
Breton: t+|br|mamm-gozh|f
Bulgarian: t+|bg|баба|f|trbaba|scCyrl
Catalan: t|ca|àvia|f
Croatian: t+|hr|baba|f
Czech: t-|cs|babi�ka|f
Esperanto: avino
Ewe: mama
Filipino: lola
Finnish: isoäiti, mummi, mummo; isänäiti
French: t+|fr|grand-mère|f
Frisian: beppe f
German: t+|de|Gro�mutter|f, t|de|Omi|f, t+|de|Oma|f
Greek: γιαγιά (yiayiá) f, μάμμη (mámmi) f
Hebrew: t-|he|ס��|f|altסָ�ָ�|scHebr, t+|he|ס�ת�|f|altסָ�ְתָ�|scHebr
Hungarian: t+|hu|nagyanya, t-|hu|nagymama
Icelandic: t+|is|amma
Interlingua: granmatre
Italian: t+|it|nonna|f
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Japanese: ���� (�����, ob�san)
Latin: t|la|avia|f
Kurdish: KUchar|داپ�ر, KUchar|داپ�ر�� f
Malayalam: മ�ത�തശ�ശി (muthassi), �മ�മ�മ�മ (ammumma)
Norwegian: bestemor
Ojibwe: -ookomis (nookomis, my grandmother)
Polish: t+|pl|babcia|f, t+|pl|babka|f, t|pl|babunia|f qualifier|diminutive
Portuguese: t+|pt|avó|f
Russian: t+|ru|баб��ка|f|trbábuška|scCyrl
Serbian: t+|sr|баба|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|baba|f
Slovene: babica f, stara mama f
Spanish: t+|es|abuela|f
Tupinambá: aryîa
Turkish: t|tr|büyükanne, t+|tr|nine
Ukrainian: t+|uk|баб���|f|trbabusja|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
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ttbc|Balinese: dadong
ttbc|Catalan: iaia f, padrina f
ttbc|Guaraní: jarýi
ttbc|Indonesian: nenek
ttbc|Interlingua: ava
ttbc|Latin: avia
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ttbc|Korean: �머� (halmeoni)
ttbc|Malay: pan
ttbc|Central Sierra Miwok: �amá�-
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|�ادربزرگ (madar-bozorg)
ttbc|Romanian: bunic� f, mamaie f, mama mare f
ttbc|Slovak: baba f
ttbc|Tagalog: lola, impo, lelang, abwela
ttbc|Teochew: lai6ma2, ghua7ma2
ttbc|Thai: THchar|ย�า (yàà), THchar|ยาย (yaay)
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Related terms
paternal grandmother
maternal grandmother
grandchild
granddaughter
grandfather
grandson
great-grandchild
great-grandfather
great-grandmother

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