great-grandfather
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great-grandfather
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From great- + grandfather.
noun great-grandfathers · great grandfather
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The father of one's grandparent.
The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.
Similar: besaiel, great-grandpa
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noun father of one's grandparent
| Español | bisabuelo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 증조부 jeungjobu |
| 日本語 | 曾祖父 sōsofu |
| 中文 | 曾祖父 zēngzǔfù |
| हिन्दी | परदादा pardādā, परनाना parnānā |
| Português | bisavô |
| Français | arrière-grand-père, bisaïeul |
| Deutsch | Urgroßvater |
| Italiano | bisnonno, bisavolo, bisavo, proavolo, proavo |
| Ελληνικά | προπάππος propáppos |
| Română | străbunic |
| Русский | пра́дед práded, праде́душка pradéduška |
| Tiếng Việt | ông cố, cụ ông |
| עברית | סבא רבא \ סַבָּא רַבָּא sába rába |
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