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grandfather en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/ (General-American)
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  • [ˈɡɹ̠(ʷ)ẽˑə̯̃n(d)ˌfɑˑðɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈɡɹændˌfɑːðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • grănd′fäthər (General-American)
  • /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)/ (UK)

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English grandfadre, graundfadir, graunfadir, grauntfader, and other forms, from graunt (“big, large; great, important”) + fā̆der (“male parent, father; remoter male ancestor”), probably modelled after Middle French grandpere, grant pere (“male parent; remoter male ancestor”) (whence French grand-père); the English word is analysable as grand- + father. Superseded earlier eldfather, elderfather. The verb is derived from the noun.

Meanings

  1. A father of someone's parent.
    • Grandfather, Father, and Son. The Father diſſeiſeth the Grandfather and dies, the Son endows the Mother, the Grandfather dies, the Son may enter upon the Mother; for he hath a new Right deſcended to him from the Grandfather, for the Grandfather might have entred upon the Mother, ſo ſhall his Heir. 1662, [Edmund] Plowden, “Entry”, in H. B., transl., Plovvdens Quæries: Or, A Moot-book of Choice Cases, Useful for the Young Students of the Common Law: Englished, Methodized, and Enlarged, London: Printed for Ch. Adams, J. Starkey, and Tho[mas] Basset, […], →OCLC, page 117:
    • Both paternal and maternal grandfathers were highly involved in various facets of adolescents' lives, with maternal grandfathers providing more support in general[…]. It was found that, on average, maternal grandfathers were more involved with adolescent grandchildren than paternal grandfathers. Adolescents also felt closer to maternal grandfathers compared to paternal grandfathers. This may be explained by the more regular contact and closer geographical distance between these grandfathers and adolescents. 2016, Jo-Pei Tan, Ann Buchanan, “Links between Grandfather Involvement and Adolescent Well-being in England and Wales”, in Ann Buchanan, Anna Rotkirch, editors, Grandfathers: Global Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life), London: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, part IV (Impact on Grandfathers), page 233:
    • Those numbers take on added significance when he thinks about his relationship with his grandfather, who just turned 90 this year. […] What happens then is kids are “deprived of grandmothers (maybe increasingly grandfathers, too) who are comfortable in their own skin, aging gracefully and being a good role model to kids, showing that growing old is not the worst thing that can happen to a woman.” 2015 April 28, Kelly Wallace, “Older parents face ‘grandparent deficit’”, in CNN:
    • “These baseless allegations place blame where it does not belong for a complex public health crisis, and we deny them. The company our fathers and grandfathers founded manufactures an FDA-approved medicine that has always represented a tiny portion of the opioid market – never more than four percent of nationwide opioid prescriptions and currently less than two percent – while providing life-changing relief for the millions of pain patients who need it. 2019 March 24, Ralph Ellis and Melanie Schuman, “Hundreds of cities, counties and Native American tribes file federal lawsuit against Sackler family over opioid crisis”, in CNN:
    • One circumſtance […] peculiar to the Germanic empire, is the diſtinction between its mediate and immediate members. In the ſame manner as two objects which we may ſuppose to have relation to each other, are immediately related, when there is no third object intervening, but otherwiſe only mediate. This may be illuſtrated by the example of the connexion between a grandfather and his children, who may be ſaid to be mediately related; while the relation between the parents and children, on the contrary, is immediate; […] 1790 October, “An Historical Developement of the Political Constitution of the Germanic Empire. By J[ohann] S[tephan] Pütter, Privy Counsellor of Justice, &c. Translated from the German, by Josiah Dornford, of Lincoln’s Inn, L.L.D. Vol. II.”, in The Literary Magazine and British Review, volume V, London: Printed for the proprietors and sold by C[hristopher] Forster […], →OCLC, page 290, column 2:
    • My grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf.— / So it stood ninety years on the floor; / It was taller by half than the old man himself, / Though it weighed not a pennyweight more. / It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born, / And was always his treasure and pride; / But it stopp’d short—never to go again— / When the old man died. 1876, Henry C[lay] Work, “Grandfather’s Clock. Song and Chorus”, New York, N.Y.: Published by C. M. Cady, […], →OCLC, page 34:
    • Michael Winkleman, the attorney who represents Chloe’s family but does not represent Anello in his criminal case, said the toddler loved glass and windows, and her grandfather had placed her on a ledge by a glass wall, but had no idea one window was open. 2019 November 26, Amanda Watts, “Grandfather cries as he recounts toddler falling to her death from a cruise ship”, in CNN:
    • Grandfather was friendly, formal, and strict with the children in his large family, and quite displeased with the lively goings-on of the grandchildren. […] He only joked with me once, when I was four, and never again. Our festive Sunday dinner was crowned by a pudding. Perhaps I looked too greedy—Grandfather threatened to throw the pudding out of the window. It is reported that I answered, "Then I'll jump out of the window and gobble it up all by myself." 1965 March 25, Richard Willstätter, “My Ancestors”, in Lilli S[chwenk] Hornig, transl., edited by Arthur Stoll, From My Life: The Memoirs of Richard Willstätter: Translated from the German Edition, New York, N.Y.; Amsterdam: W. A. Benjamin, →OCLC, page 10:
    • Lineal conſanguinity is that which ſubſists between perſons, of whom one is deſcended in a direct line from the other: as between John Stiles (the propoſitus in the table of conſanguinity) and his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, and ſo upwards in the direct aſcending line; or between John Stiles and his ſon, grandſon, great-grandſon, and ſo downwards in the direct deſcending line. 1766, William Blackstone, “Of Title by Descent”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book II (Of the Rights of Things), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 203:
  2. (broadly) A male forefather.
    • Brethren: Here is the pipe which your grandfathers used to smoke with when they met together in councils of peace. And here is some of that good tobacco, prepared for our grandfathers from God:—When you shall taste of it, you shall feel it through all your body; and it will put you in remembrance of the good councils your grandfathers used to hold with the English, your brethren, and that ancient friendship they had together. 1758 November 25, [Israel Daniel Rupp], “[No. XI.] Post’s Second Journal, 1758. The Second Journal of Christian Frederick Post, on a Message from the Governor of Pennsylvania, to the Indians of the Ohio, in the Latter Part of the Same Year.”, in Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, […], Pittsburgh, Pa.: Published by A. P. Ingram, […]; Harrisburg, Pa.: Published by W. O. Hickok, published 1848, →OCLC, page 111:
  3. The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
    • File C is the grandfather because it was used to create file B. 1983, Computerworld, volume 17, number 50, page 22:
    • Three generations of file are usually kept, being the grandfather, father and son files. 2004, Ray Bradley, The Ultimate Computing Glossary for Advanced Level, page 31:
    • The file from which the father was developed with the transaction files of the appropriate day is the grandfather. 2007, O. Ray Whittington, Patrick R. Delaney, Wiley CPA Exam Review 2008: Auditing and Attestation, page 556:

Forms

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Antonyms

sitty · mamgu · grandmummy · grandson · grandmumma · grandma · babcia · gramma · grandmaw · grandmother · grannam · grandchild · babushka · mimi · grandmommy · abuela · grandmomma · nana · grandmamma · babusia · meemaw · grandam · Nana · grandmom · mammaw · grandmum · baba · Grandmummy · grammy · gran · nanna · beldame · nanny · mamaw · grandma'am · bubbe · granddaughter · nonna · grandmother · grandmother · babusya /babusia · babulya /babulia (chiefly in Eastern European (especially Russian) contexts) · gammy · nan · eldmother · grandmammy · eldermother · mommom · granum · oma · meme · granny · gram · memaw · grandson

Deriveds

GILF · co-grandfather · grandfatherish · grandfather clock · grandfatherhood · grandfather chair · great-great-grandfather · stepgrandfather · grandfatherly · grandfatherless · grandfather shirt · grandfather paradox · grandfather rights · grandfathership · grandfatherism · great great great grandfather · grandfather clause · you kiss your grandfather with that mouth · grandfather-in-law · great-grandfather

Hypernyms

relative · grandparent

Hyponyms

maternal grandfather (father of someone's mother) · paternal grandfather (father of someone's father)

Relateds

old man

Synonyms

grandsire · grampop · elderfather · granddad · granddaddy · pawpaw · pepaw · grandpapa · grandad · ayle · grandsire · granda · granther · granfer · grandpa · grampa · pappy · eldfather · pa · grandpap · Grandpappy · granpappy · gran · pap · pappaw · nonno · poppy · papaw · peepaw · grandpappy · gramps · grandfather · gramp · zayde · goodsire · highfather · grandaddy · pop-pop · papa · Pappy · grandpop · grandpaw

Translations (404)

qu awki (grandfather (from either side)) · yo bàbá màmá (grandfather (from either side)) · hak 姐公 (grandfather (from either side)) · mk де́до (grandfather (from either side)) · co babbone (grandfather (from either side)) · sty пабай (grandfather (from either side)) · de Opa (grandfather (from either side)) · sq gjysh (grandfather (from either side)) · vi ôông (grandfather (from either side)) · tpi tumbuna (grandfather (from either side)) · jje 하르바지 (grandfather (from either side)) · sga senathair (grandfather (from either side)) · lad granpapa (grandfather (from either side)) · ltg vacuļs (grandfather (from either side)) · nan-hbl 俺公 (grandfather (from either side)) · sh дјед (grandfather (from either side)) · akk 𒀀𒁉 𒀀𒁉 (grandfather (from either side)) · hi दादा (grandfather (from either side)) · yo bàbá ìyá (grandfather (from either side)) · ga seanathair (grandfather (from either side)) · kk баба (grandfather (from either side)) · rad(grandfather (from either side)) · cmn 外祖父 (grandfather (from either side)) · tl lolo (grandfather (from either side)) · su aki (grandfather (from either side)) · lo ປູ່ (grandfather (from either side)) · kri grandpa (grandfather (from either side)) · av кӏудада (grandfather (from either side)) · ltg vaciks (grandfather (from either side)) · imy 𐊜𐊒𐊄𐊀 (grandfather (from either side)) · ru де́душка (grandfather (from either side)) · sw babu (male forefather) · as ককা (grandfather (from either side)) · ga athair críonna (grandfather (from either side)) · cs děd (grandfather (from either side)) · gl avó (grandfather (from either side)) · hy պապիկ (grandfather (from either side)) · ks بُڈؠ بَب (grandfather (from either side)) · yue 爺爺 /爷爷 (grandfather (from either side)) · mwl abó de las calças (grandfather (from either side)) · lg jajja omusajja (grandfather (from either side)) · inh наьн-да (grandfather (from either side)) · gd seanair (grandfather (from either side)) · ckt апайӈын (grandfather (from either side)) · tpi tumbuna (male forefather) · wa grand-popa (grandfather (from either side)) · ky чоң ата (grandfather (from either side)) · sk starý otec (grandfather (from either side)) · tk ata (grandfather (from either side)) · tpn (t-, t-) amỹîa (grandfather (from either side)) · nv acheii (grandfather (from either side)) · sq tatëlosh (grandfather (from either side)) · eu aitatxi (grandfather (from either side)) · lo ມາຕາມະຫະ (grandfather (from either side)) · ko 할아버지 (grandfather (from either side)) · ace nek (grandfather (from either side)) · fr aïeul (grandfather (from either side)) · cu дѣдъ (male forefather) · sq tatëmadh (grandfather (from either side)) · ha kaka (grandfather (from either side)) · acw سِيد (grandfather (from either side)) · hak 外阿公 (grandfather (from either side)) · tkl tupuna tamana (grandfather (from either side)) · lo ພໍ່ໃຫຍ່ (grandfather (from either side)) · lad nono (grandfather (from either side)) · sh декица (grandfather (from either side)) · nb morfar (grandfather (from either side)) · et vanaisa (grandfather (from either side)) · grc πάππος (grandfather (from either side)) · ky тай ата (grandfather (from either side)) · nn bestefar (grandfather (from either side)) · he סָב (grandfather (from either side)) · es abuelo (grandfather (from either side)) · ur دادا (grandfather (from either side)) · sh dekica (grandfather (from either side)) · ccc lokoko (grandfather (from either side)) · os дада (grandfather (from either side)) · lo ຕາ (grandfather (from either side)) · dtp taki (grandfather (from either side)) · xlc 𐊜𐊒𐊄𐊀 (grandfather (from either side)) · gv shaner (grandfather (from either side)) · te తాతయ్య (grandfather (from either side)) · nl voorvader (male forefather) · hak 阿公 (grandfather (from either side)) · ps نیکه (grandfather (from either side)) · xdq аттатта (grandfather (from either side)) · nrf grand-péthe (grandfather (from either side)) · nan-hbl 內公 /内公 (grandfather (from either side)) · or ଜେଜେବାପା (grandfather (from either side)) · ia avo (grandfather (from either side)) · de Großvater väterlicherseits (grandfather (from either side)) · it nonno (grandfather (from either side)) · sh dedica (grandfather (from either side)) · sc donnumannu (grandfather (from either side)) · nds-de Grootvoder (grandfather (from either side)) · sat ᱚᱡᱚ (grandfather (from either side)) · fr grand-père (grandfather (from either side)) · nds-de Grootvadder (grandfather (from either side)) · nds-de Grootvader (grandfather (from either side)) · ja 外祖父 (grandfather (from either side)) · rup tot (grandfather (from either side)) · sv förfader (male forefather) · ug بوۋا (grandfather (from either side)) · lb Grousspapp (grandfather (from either side)) · jv mbah (grandfather (from either side)) · fo abbi (grandfather (from either side)) · my ဘိုးဘိုး (grandfather (from either side)) · ka ბაბუა (grandfather (from either side)) · jje 하르방 (grandfather (from either side)) · sa मातामह (grandfather (from either side)) · izh äijä (grandfather (from either side)) · tg бобо (grandfather (from either side)) · ang eald fæder (grandfather (from either side)) · ca avi (grandfather (from either side)) · sh дека (grandfather (from either side)) · om akaakayyuu (grandfather (from either side)) · alt таада (grandfather (from either side)) · bn দাদা (grandfather (from either side)) · ckb باپیر (grandfather (from either side)) · ko 친할아버지 (grandfather (from either side)) · sv farfar (grandfather (from either side)) · uk діду́сь (grandfather (from either side)) · fur von (grandfather (from either side)) · oc grand paire (grandfather (from either side)) · io avulo (grandfather (from either side)) · bni nkoko (grandfather (from either side)) · cy taid (grandfather (from either side)) · sv morfar (grandfather (from either side)) · mi tipuna tāne (grandfather (from either side)) · sl ded (grandfather (from either side)) · pdt Grootfoda (grandfather (from either side)) · pl dziadek (grandfather (from either side)) · yo bàbá àgbà (grandfather (from either side)) · yi זיידע (grandfather (from either side)) · pa ਦਾਦੇ (grandfather (from either side)) · xlu 𒄷𒌋𒄩 (grandfather (from either side)) · th ก๋ง (grandfather (from either side)) · mwl abó pai (grandfather (from either side)) · kl aataa (grandfather (from either side)) · yo bàbá ńlá (grandfather (from either side)) · km ជីតា (grandfather (from either side)) · ka პაპა (grandfather (from either side)) · el παππούς (grandfather (from either side)) · sh деда (grandfather (from either side)) · ja 祖父 (grandfather (from either side)) · acw جَدّ (grandfather (from either side)) · arz جد (grandfather (from either side)) · sco guidsire (grandfather (from either side)) · mi poua (grandfather (from either side)) · ab абду (grandfather (from either side)) · ast güelu (grandfather (from either side)) · ta பாட்டன் (grandfather (from either side)) · ru дед (grandfather (from either side)) · ary با سيد (grandfather (from either side)) · rup ghiush (grandfather (from either side)) · my အဘိုး (grandfather (from either side)) · tt дәү әти (grandfather (from either side)) · mnc ᠮᠠᡶᠠ (grandfather (from either side)) · gu નાનો (grandfather (from either side)) · sms äʹjj (grandfather (from either side)) · uz buva (grandfather (from either side)) · mhn nono (grandfather (from either side)) · cmn 祖父 (grandfather (from either side)) · ar جَدّ (grandfather (from either side)) · vec nono (grandfather (from either side)) · pdc Groossdaadi (grandfather (from either side)) · nan-hbl 阿公 (grandfather (from either side)) · yo bàbá bàbá (grandfather (from either side)) · kix pàu (grandfather (from either side)) · sw babu (grandfather (from either side)) · ext abuelu (grandfather (from either side)) · zu -khulu (grandfather (from either side)) · nb farfar (grandfather (from either side)) · bg дя́до (grandfather (from either side)) · twf tàłułiʼína (grandfather (from either side)) · lv vectēvs (grandfather (from either side)) · tl ingkong (grandfather (from either side)) · scn papa granni (grandfather (from either side)) · bcl lolo (grandfather (from either side)) · ajp جد (grandfather (from either side)) · id kakek (grandfather (from either side)) · de Grossvater (grandfather (from either side)) · gv shennayr (grandfather (from either side)) · sq tatëgjysh (grandfather (from either side)) · ia granpatre (grandfather (from either side)) · km តា (grandfather (from either side)) · cst ká̄na 'ek pá̄pa (grandfather (from either side)) · de Großvater mütterlicherseits (grandfather (from either side)) · te తాత (grandfather (from either side)) · kum баба (grandfather (from either side)) · kl aataq (grandfather (from either side)) · id engkong (grandfather (from either side)) · naq ǁgaosab (grandfather (from either side)) · ajp سيد (grandfather (from either side)) · nv análí (grandfather (from either side)) · is afi (grandfather (from either side)) · yue 公公 (grandfather (from either side)) · wa tåye (grandfather (from either side)) · mr आजोबा (grandfather (from either side)) · cy taid (grandfather (from either side)) · yue 祖父 (grandfather (from either side)) · th ปู่ (grandfather (from either side)) · ace syik (grandfather (from either side)) · af oupa (grandfather (from either side)) · fo avi (grandfather (from either side)) · sco grandfaither (grandfather (from either side)) · cv асатте (grandfather (from either side)) · si පිතාමහ (grandfather (from either side)) · nan-hbl 火烌公 (grandfather (from either side)) · pdc Groossvadder (grandfather (from either side)) · aii ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ (grandfather (from either side)) · pap welo (grandfather (from either side)) · jv eyang (grandfather (from either side)) · rsk дїдо (grandfather (from either side)) · mt nannu (grandfather (from either side)) · fy pake (grandfather (from either side)) · km អយ្យកោ (grandfather (from either side)) · oj nimishoomis (grandfather (from either side)) · es abuelo (male forefather) · lg jjajja omusajja (grandfather (from either side)) · rm tat (grandfather (from either side)) · tt зур әти (grandfather (from either side)) · crh qartbaba (grandfather (from either side)) · tr dede (grandfather (from either side)) · sh дед (grandfather (from either side)) · sh deda (grandfather (from either side)) · ta தாத்தா (grandfather (from either side)) · fi isoisä (grandfather (from either side)) · ru деду́ля (grandfather (from either side)) · niv атак (grandfather (from either side)) · ood wosk (grandfather (from either side)) · cs děda (grandfather (from either side)) · nds-de Grautvader (grandfather (from either side)) · ml മുത്തച്ഛന് (grandfather (from either side)) · ota دده (grandfather (from either side)) · jje 하르벰 (grandfather (from either side)) · chr ᎤᏚᏚ (grandfather (from either side)) · bn ঠাকুরদা দাদু (grandfather (from either side)) · yag ušwam (grandfather (from either side)) · sl stari oče (grandfather (from either side)) · sh дедица (grandfather (from either side)) · cu дѣдъ (grandfather (from either side)) · la avus (grandfather (from either side)) · ro străbun (male forefather) · br tad-kozh (grandfather (from either side)) · nl bompa (grandfather (from either side)) · pa ਦਾਦਾ (grandfather (from either side)) · chr ᎤᏂᏏ (grandfather (from either side)) · non afi (grandfather (from either side)) · ro strămoș (male forefather) · ain エカㇱヒ (grandfather (from either side)) · gsw Äni (grandfather (from either side)) · mwl pai-abó (grandfather (from either side)) · ny gogo (grandfather (from either side)) · tt бабай (grandfather (from either side)) · nds-de Grotvader (grandfather (from either side)) · de Großvater (grandfather (from either side)) · lt senelis (grandfather (from either side)) · sk ded (grandfather (from either side)) · os баба (grandfather (from either side)) · gl devanceiro (male forefather) · el πάππος (male forefather) · ro bunic (grandfather (from either side)) · lo ຕູ້ (grandfather (from either side)) · da forfader (male forefather) · uk дід (grandfather (from either side)) · hy պապ (grandfather (from either side)) · ms datuk (grandfather (from either side)) · tr büyükbaba (grandfather (from either side)) · hit 𒄷𒄴𒄩𒀸 (grandfather (from either side)) · pt avô (grandfather (from either side)) · xdq хвала́тта (grandfather (from either side)) · wo marm (grandfather (from either side)) · lut scapaʔ (grandfather (from either side)) · cmn 爺爺 /爷爷 (grandfather (from either side)) · qu jatun tata (grandfather (from either side)) · sh djed (grandfather (from either side)) · fi Thesaurus:isoisä (grandfather (from either side)) · myv покштя (grandfather (from either side)) · st ntatemoholo (grandfather (from either side)) · xcr 𐊨𐊲𐊨 (grandfather (from either side)) · jje 하르바님 (grandfather (from either side)) · bho दादाजी (grandfather (from either side)) · xdq хутту (grandfather (from either side)) · ro tată mare (grandfather (from either side)) · da bedstefar (grandfather (from either side)) · th ตา (grandfather (from either side)) · tyv кырган-ача (grandfather (from either side)) · mwl(grandfather (from either side)) · mr आबा (grandfather (from either side)) · sh deka (grandfather (from either side)) · nds-de Grotvader & Großvader (grandfather (from either side)) · inh даь-да (grandfather (from either side)) · vo lefat (grandfather (from either side)) · bn নানা (grandfather (from either side)) · he סַבָּא (grandfather (from either side)) · ee tɔgbui (grandfather (from either side)) · uum baba (grandfather (from either side)) · bn পরদাদা (male forefather) · nl opa (grandfather (from either side)) · uz bobo (grandfather (from either side)) · prs پَدَرْبُزُرْگ (grandfather (from either side)) · cmn 外公 (grandfather (from either side)) · ood ba꞉b (grandfather (from either side)) · tl lelong (grandfather (from either side)) · xld 𐤨𐤰𐤨𐤠𐤮 (grandfather (from either side)) · tew thehtáy (grandfather (from either side)) · slr baba (grandfather (from either side)) · kix pàu (male forefather) · da bedstefader (grandfather (from either side)) · hu nagyapa (grandfather (from either side)) · hi नाना (grandfather (from either side)) · mn өвөө (grandfather (from either side)) · gu દાદો (grandfather (from either side)) · mwl abó (grandfather (from either side)) · xdq убатта (grandfather (from either side)) · az baba (grandfather (from either side)) · fa-ira پِدَرْبُزُرْگ (grandfather (from either side)) · fr aïeul (male forefather) · bo སྤོ་བོ (grandfather (from either side)) · hy հավ (grandfather (from either side)) · km តា (male forefather) · scn tata granni (grandfather (from either side)) · ml അപ്പൂപ്പന് (grandfather (from either side)) · nl grootvader (grandfather (from either side)) · so awow (grandfather (from either side)) · ale latux̂ (grandfather (from either side)) · sq tatëzot (grandfather (from either side)) · tl abwelo (grandfather (from either side)) · scn nannu (grandfather (from either side)) · ur نانا (grandfather (from either side)) · yue 外祖父 (grandfather (from either side)) · acm جِدّ (grandfather (from either side)) · pt avoengo (male forefather) · xdq хватта (grandfather (from either side)) · an agüelo (grandfather (from either side)) · be дзяду́ля (grandfather (from either side)) · ko 외할아버지 (grandfather (from either side)) · syc ܩܫܝܫܐ (grandfather (from either side)) · lad papú (grandfather (from either side)) · chn chitsh (grandfather (from either side)) · be дзед (grandfather (from either side)) · ary جد (grandfather (from either side)) · rup pap (grandfather (from either side)) · cy tad-cu (grandfather (from either side)) · rom pàpos (grandfather (from either side)) · vi ông (grandfather (from either side)) · lo ໄອຍະກາ (grandfather (from either side)) · frr Gooki (grandfather (from either side)) · abs opa (grandfather (from either side)) · ro tataie (grandfather (from either side)) · av дахӏадада (grandfather (from either side)) · myv бодя (grandfather (from either side)) · txb āwe (grandfather (from either side)) · tl apo (grandfather (from either side)) · yue 外公 (grandfather (from either side)) · rm non (grandfather (from either side)) · eo avo (grandfather (from either side)) · se áddjá (grandfather (from either side)) · kmr bapîr (grandfather (from either side)) · ady пшъашъэ (grandfather (from either side)) · csm páˑpa- (grandfather (from either side)) · sh ded (grandfather (from either side)) · jct baba (grandfather (from either side)) · ja お爺さん (grandfather (from either side)) · mt ġidd (grandfather (from either side)) · mnc ᡤᠣᡵᠣ ᠮᠠᡶᠠ (grandfather (from either side)) · ba ҡартатай (grandfather (from either side)) · fur nono (grandfather (from either side)) · mi koroua (grandfather (from either side)) · sq babagjysh (grandfather (from either side)) · lol nkoko (grandfather (from either side)) · lad avuelo (grandfather (from either side)) · tk baba (grandfather (from either side)) · el πάππος (grandfather (from either side)) · ig nnanna (grandfather (from either side)) · nan-hbl 外公 (grandfather (from either side)) · km អយ្យកោ (male forefather) · haw kupuna kāne (grandfather (from either side)) · ba олатай (grandfather (from either side)) · frr åte (grandfather (from either side)) · sk dedko (grandfather (from either side)) · cv кукаҫи (grandfather (from either side)) · ist nono (grandfather (from either side)) · tg падарбузург (grandfather (from either side)) · nb bestefar (grandfather (from either side)) · aht -tsiye (grandfather (from either side)) · am አያት (grandfather (from either side)) · xh -khulu (grandfather (from either side)) · sk dedo (grandfather (from either side)) · de Opi (grandfather (from either side)) · ltg vacjuks (grandfather (from either side)) · xlu 𔕳𔓷 (grandfather (from either side)) · el παππούς (male forefather) · ln nkoko (grandfather (from either side)) · ug بۇۋا (grandfather (from either side)) · yai бобо (grandfather (from either side)) · eu aitona (grandfather (from either side)) · sah эһэ (grandfather (from either side)) · mi tupuna (grandfather (from either side)) · syc ܣܒܐ (grandfather (from either side)) · si මිති (grandfather (from either side)) · kk ата (grandfather (from either side)) · ro străbunic (male forefather)

wikidata: Q9238344

grandfather en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • [ˈɡɹ̠(ʷ)ẽˑə̯̃n(d)ˌfɑˑðɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈɡɹændˌfɑːðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • grănd′fäthər (General-American)
  • /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)/ (UK)

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English grandfadre, graundfadir, graunfadir, grauntfader, and other forms, from graunt (“big, large; great, important”) + fā̆der (“male parent, father; remoter male ancestor”), probably modelled after Middle French grandpere, grant pere (“male parent; remoter male ancestor”) (whence French grand-père); the English word is analysable as grand- + father. Superseded earlier eldfather, elderfather. The verb is derived from the noun.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.

Forms

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grandfathers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
grandfathered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
grandfathered Tense=Past lexicographic
grandfathering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

grandfather en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • [ˈɡɹ̠(ʷ)ẽˑə̯̃n(d)ˌfɑˑðɚ] (General-American)
  • /ˈɡɹændˌfɑːðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • grănd′fäthər (General-American)
  • /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)/ (UK)

Etymology

From grandfather clause: see grandfather (etymology 1) and clause.

Meanings

  1. (US, transitive) To retain discontinued laws or rules for (an object, individual or organization previously affected by them).
    • With the signing of the Medical Devices Amendment to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic in 1976, the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] gained regulatory authority over [breast] implants, but the existing Cronin-Gerow implants were grandfathered, making them exempt from the new legislation. 2014, Matthew J. Fullana, Gary E. Wnek, “History of Techniques and Materials Used in Volume Enhancement”, in Charles K. Herman, Berish Strauch, editors, Encyclopedia of Aesthetic Rejuvenation through Volume Enhancement, New York, N.Y.: Thieme Medical Publishers, →ISBN, section 2.5.1 (Silicone Breast Implants), page 12:
    • Had the original work been permitted, it would be grandfathered into any code changes each time they occurred, Arvada officials said. The latest came in 2006. 2009 June 19, David Migoya, “Arvada homes haunted by past due code violations”, in The Denver Post, Denver, Colo.: Digital First Media, published 6 May 2016 (update), →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2017:
    • In practice, most of the regimes reviewed by the FHTP [Forum on Harmful Tax Practices] during its early years and which were abolished were either terminated without grandfathering or included grandfathering within this maximum five-year period. 2017 November, “Annex B: Guidance on Closing Off of Regimes and Grandfathering for non-IP Regimes”, in Harmful Tax Practices – 2017 Progress Report on Preferential Regimes: Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Action 5 (OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifing Project), Paris: OECD Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 27:
    • In 1915, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Guinn v. United States that grandfather clauses were unconstitutional. […] The decision had almost no effect, however. The Oklahoma Legislature met in special session to grandfather in the grandfather clause. The new law said those who had been registered in 1914 – whites under the old system – were automatically registered to vote, while African-Americans could only register between April 30 and May 11, 1916, or forever be disenfranchised. That law stayed on the books until a Supreme Court ruling in 1939. 2013 October 22, Alan Greenblatt, “The Racial History of the Grandfather Clause”, in NPR, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2019:
    • The U.S. Army says a Kentucky National Guard soldier with aspirations of joining a U.S. Army special operations unit is grandfathered in under new regulations concerning soldiers with tattoos and asked a federal judge to dismiss his lawsuit. […] The regulations went into effect in March and ban tattoos below the knee or elbow. Soldiers who already have the ink are grandfathered in. Under the new regulations, any soldier with tattoos is barred from seeking a promotion to warrant officer or commissioning as an officer. 2014 July 14, Associated Press, “Army: Soldier grandfathered in under tattoo policy”, in The Washington Times, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Times, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2014:
    • Old power plants are sometimes grandfathered from having to meet new clean air requirements. 2013 October 22, Alan Greenblatt, “The Racial History of the Grandfather Clause”, in NPR, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2019:

Forms

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grandfathering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
grandfathered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
grandfathered Tense=Past lexicographic
grandfathers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

grandfathering

Synonyms

grandfather in

Translations (4)

es anteriorar (to retain existing laws or rules for a thing, person or organization previously affected by them) · gl exonerar (to retain existing laws or rules for a thing, person or organization previously affected by them) · gl eximir (to retain existing laws or rules for a thing, person or organization previously affected by them) · es vestigiar (to retain existing laws or rules for a thing, person or organization previously affected by them)