grandchild
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grandchild
- /ˈɡɹændˌtʃaɪld/
Where it comes from
From grand- + child.
noun grandchildren · grand-child
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A child of someone's child.
...he fell into amazement when he thought of the Herculean labours those fifteen pairs of hands had performed: of the cows they had milked, the butter they had made, the gardens they had planted, the children and grandchildren they had tended, the brooms they had worn out, the mountains of food they
Similar: grandbairn, grandkid, grandoffspring, grandwean, oe
Opposite: grandparent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: grandson, granddaughter, nephew, girl, child, baby, infant, net, great-grandchild, grand-child, greatgrandchild, great-grandson, great-granddaughter, stepgrandchild, great-great-grandchild, great-great-grandson
noun
Opposite: grandparent
Translations
Every language
noun child of one’s child
| Español | nieto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 손주 sonju, 외손주 oesonju |
| 日本語 | 孫 mago |
| 中文 | 孫子 /孙子 sūnzi, 孫兒 /孙儿 sūn'ér, 孫女 /孙女 sūnnǚ |
| हिन्दी | पोता potā, नाती nātī, पोती potī, नातिन nātin |
| Kiswahili | mjukuu |
| Português | neto, neta |
| Français | petit-enfant |
| Deutsch | Enkel, Enkelkind, Kindeskind |
| Italiano | nipote |
| Ελληνικά | εγγόνι engóni |
| Русский | внук vnuk, вну́чка vnúčka, вну́ки vnúki |
| Tiếng Việt | cháu |
| العربية | حَفِيد ḥafīd, حَفِيدَة ḥafīda |
| עברית | נֶכֶד nékhed, נֶכְדָּה nekhdá |
Talk about this word "grandchild." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grandchild. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. grandchild. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grandchild "grandchild." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grandchild.Cite this
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title = {grandchild},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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