great-grandchild

See also: greatgrandchild and great grandchild

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

great grandchild, greatgrandchild

EtymologyEdit

From great- +‎ grandchild.

NounEdit

great-grandchild (plural great-grandchildren)

The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild.

Usage notesEdit

Additional instances of "great-" can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of descent. For large numbers of generations a number can be substituted, for example, "fourth great-grandchild", "four-greats grandchild" or "four-times-great-grandchild".

SynonymsEdit

great-grandkid (informal)

HyponymsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild

Asturian: bisñetu (ast) m, bisnietu (ast) m, bisñeta (ast) f, bisnieta (ast) f
Brunei Malay: cicit
Burmese: မြစ် (my) (mrac)
Catalan: besnét (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 息 (sik¹)

Mandarin: 曾孫 (zh), 曾孙 (zh) (zēngsūn), 重孫 (zh), 重孙 (zh) (chóngsūn)
Danish: oldebarn (da) n
Dutch: achterkleinkind (nl) n
Estonian: lapselapselaps
Ewe: tɔgbuitɔgbuiyɔvi n (a man's great-grandchild), mamamamɛyɔvi n (a woman's great-grandchild)
Finnish: lapsenlapsenlapsi
French: arrière-petit-enfant (fr) m
Georgian: შვილთაშვილი (šviltašvili)
German: Urenkelkind (de) n, Urenkel (de) m, Urenkelin (de) f
Hungarian: dédunoka (hu)
Icelandic: barnabarnabarn (is) n
Ido: posnepoto (io)
Indonesian: cicit (id)
Italian: bisnipote m or f
Japanese: 曾孫 (ja) (himago)
Kazakh: өбере (öbere), шөбере (kk) (şöbere)
Malay:
Jawi: چيچيت‎

Rumi: cicit

Manx: aa-oe m or f
Montana Salish: t'ot'ó
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oldebarn n

Nynorsk: oldebarn n
Persian: نبیره‎ (fa) (nabire)
Polish: prawnuczek m, prawnuczka (pl) f
Portuguese: bisneto (pt) m, bisneta (pt) f
Russian: пра́внук (ru) m (právnuk), пра́внучка (ru) f (právnučka)
Scottish Gaelic: iar-ogha m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: praunuče (sh) n
Spanish: bisnieto (es) m, bisnieta (es) f
Swedish: barnbarnsbarn (sv) n
Tagalog: apo sa tuhod
Thai: เหลน (th) (lěen)
Turkish: netirge
Ukrainian: правнуча́ n (pravnučá)
Vietnamese: chắt (vi) (𡦫)
Welsh: gorwyr m, gorwyres f
Yiddish: אור־אייניקל‎ n (ur-eynikl)