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gran¹

  • /ɡɹæn/ US, UK
  • /ɡɹan/ British, Northern England, Southern
  • /ɡɾan/ Scotland, Wales
  • /ɡɹæːn/ Australia
  • /ɡɹɛn/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æn

Where it comes from

Clipping of granny.

noun grans

  1. endearing, informal, usually A grandmother.

gran²

  • /ɡɹæn/ US, UK
  • /ɡɹan/ British, Northern England, Southern
  • /ɡɾan/ Scotland, Wales
  • /ɡɹæːn/ Australia
  • /ɡɹɛn/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æn

Where it comes from

Clipping of grandfather or grandpa.

noun grans

  1. endearing, informal, rare, usually A grandfather.

Gran³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Gran. Also borrowed from Tagalog Gran.

proper noun Grans

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Norwegian, Swedish, or Tagalog.
  2. countable, uncountable A municipality and village therein, in Innlandet, Norway.

Gran⁴

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Gran.

proper noun Grann

  1. obsolete Esztergom For a long time Gran was the residence of the Court, though it subsequently yielded to the sway of the Mongols.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: grams, grandma, nana, granny, grandmother, nanny, nan, parte, highly, tremendous, grand, lot, major, big, large, huge

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MLA

"gran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gran. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gran

Chicago

"gran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gran.

BibTeX
@misc{gran_2026,
  title = {gran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}