grandson

English

Etymology

From grand- +‎ son.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ænsʌn, -ændsʌn
Hyphenation: grand‧son

Noun

grandson (plural grandsons)

A son of one's child.
Synonyms: (Southern US) grandboy, (rare or obsolete) neve

Hypernym: grandchild

Coordinate term: granddaughter

Derived terms

Translations

son of one's child

Afrikaans: kleinseun (af)
Albanian: nip (sq) m
Arabic: حَفِيد m (ḥafīd)
Armenian: թոռ (hy) (tʻoṙ)
Aromanian: nipot m
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܒ݂ܓܵܐ m (nāwgā)
Asturian: ñetu (ast) m, nietu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: nəvə (az)
Baluchi: نواسغ (nawāsağ)
Bashkir: ейән (yeyən)
Belarusian: уну́к m (unúk), ўнук m (ŭnuk)
Bengali: নাতি m (nati)
Bulgarian: внук (bg) m (vnuk)
Burmese: မြေး (my) (mre:)
Catalan: nét (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 孫子／孙子 (zh) (sūnzi), 外孫／外孙 (zh) (wàisūn) (daughter's son)
Czech: vnuk (cs) m
Dalmatian: nepaut m
Danish: sønnesøn (da) c (son's son), dattersøn (da) c (daughter's son)
Dutch: kleinzoon (nl) m
Esperanto: nepo (eo)
Estonian: pojapoeg, tütrepoeg
Evenki: омолги (omolgi)
Ewe: tɔgbuiyɔviŋutsu
Faroese: abbasonur (grandfather's grandson), ommusonur (grandmother's grandson), sonarsonur (son's son), dóttursonur (daughter's son)
Finnish: pojanpoika, tyttärenpoika, lapsenlapsi (fi)
French: petit-fils (fr) m
Friulian: nevôt m
Galician: neto (gl) m
Georgian: შვილიშვილი (ka) (švilišvili)
German: Enkelsohn (de) m, Enkel (de) m, Großsohn (de) m, Grosssohn (de) m (Switzerland & Liechtenstein)
Greek: εγγονός (el) m (engonós)
Ancient Greek: υἱωνός m (huiōnós)
Hebrew: נֶכֶד (he) m (nekhed)
Hindi: पोता (hi) m (potā), नवासा (hi) (navāsā)
Hungarian: unoka (hu)
Icelandic: sonarsonur (is) m, barnabarn (is) n (grandchild)
Indonesian: (see grandchild), cucu (id)
Interlingua: granfilio
Irish: ó m, (son’s son) mac mic m, (daughter’s son) mac iníne m
Old Irish: úa m
Italian: nipote (it) m
Japanese: 孫息子 (ja) (まごむすこ, magomusuko), 孫 (ja) (まご, mago) (grandchild)
Kabuverdianu: nétu
Kazakh: немере (kk) (nemere), ер немере (er nemere)
Khmer: ចៅប្រុស (chav proh), នត្តាប្រុស (noattaa proh)
Korean: 손자 (ko) (sonja), 외손자 (oesonja) (daughter's son)
Kyrgyz: мемире (memire), небире (nebire)
Lao: ນັດດາ (nat dā), ຫລານ (lān), ຫລານຊາຍ (lān sāi)
Latgalian: unuks m
Latin: nepōs (la) m (Classical), prōfīlius m (Mediaeval)
Latvian: mazdēls m
Lithuanian: vaikaitis m, anūkas m
Lombard: nevod (lmo), neud
Macedonian: внук m (vnuk)
Malay: cucu lelaki, cucu (ms)
Maltese: neputi m
Manchu: ᠣᠮᠣᠯᠣ (omolo)
Marathi: नातू m (nātū)
Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭯𐭩 (npy /⁠nab⁠/)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ач хүү (ač xüü) (son's son), зээ хүү (zee xüü) (daughter's son), омбол (ombol) (dialect)
Navajo: hatsóí ashkiígíí
Norman: p'tit-fis m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sønnesønn m (son's son), dattersønn m (daughter's son), sønnebarn n (son's child), datterbarn n (daughter's child)

Nynorsk: soneson m (son's son), dotterson (daughter's son), sonebarn n (son's child), dotterbarn n (daughter's child)
Occitan: felen (oc) m, rèirefilh m
Odia: ନାତି (or) (nati)
Old East Slavic: вънукъ m (vŭnukŭ)
Old English: sunsunu m
Old Lithuanian: nepuotis m or f
Parthian: 𐭐𐭅𐭇𐭓𐭉𐭐𐭅𐭇𐭓 (pwḥrypwḥr /⁠puhr-i-puhr⁠/) (son's son)
Pashto: لمسی (ps) m (lmasay)
Pennsylvania German: Enkel m
Persian: نوه (fa) (nave)
Plautdietsch: Grootsän m
Polish: wnuk (pl) m pers, wnuczek (pl) m pers (diminutive)
Portuguese: neto (pt) m
Romani: nepòto m, ùnuko m
Romanian: nepot (ro)
Romansch: biadi m, bieadi m, beadi m, abiedi m, abiadi m
Russian: внук (ru) m (vnuk), внучо́к (ru) m (vnučók) (diminutive)
Sanskrit: पौत्र (sa) m (pautra), नपात् (sa) m (napāt)
Sardinian: nabodi m, nebode m, nebodi m, nepode m, nepote m
Scottish Gaelic: mac-mic (gd) m, mac-ighne m (daughter's son)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀нук m

Roman: ùnuk (sh) m
Sicilian: niputi (scn) m
Slovak: vnuk m
Slovene: vnuk (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: (son’s son) syna syn m, (son’s son) synowy syn m, (daughter’s son) źowki syn m, (daughter’s son) źowcyny syn, (either son’s or daughter’s son) źiśisyn m
Spanish: nieto (es) m
Swedish: sonson (sv) c (son's son), dotterson (sv) c (daughter's son)
Tajik: набера (nabera)
Tarifit: ayyaw m
Tatar: онык (tt) (onıq)
Telugu: మనుమడు (te) (manumaḍu), పౌత్రుడు (te) (pautruḍu)
Thai: หลานชาย (lǎan-chaai)
Tibetan: ཚ་བོ (tsha bo)
Turkish: erkek torun, torun (tr)
Turkmen: ogul agtyk, agtyk (tk)
Ukrainian: ону́к (uk) m (onúk), внук (uk) m (vnuk)
Uzbek: nabira (uz), nevara (uz)
Venetian: neodo m, nevódo m
Vietnamese: cháu trai (𡥙𤳇), cháu nội (𡥙内) (son's son), cháu ngoại (𡥙外) (daughter's son)
Welsh: ŵyr (cy) m
Yámana: makutsa
Yiddish: גראַנסאַן m (gransan)
Zhuang: lan

grandson

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