Grandma definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Grandma definition: Your grandma is your grandmother . You can call your grandma 'Grandma'. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'grandma'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× grandma (grænmɑː ) Wordforms:pluralgrandmas countablenoun Yourgrandmaisyourgrandmother.Youcancallyourgrandma'Grandma'. [informal]GrandmawasfromScotland. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'grandma' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'jardiniere' HindiTranslationof'grandma' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency grandmainBritishEnglish (ˈɡrænˌmɑː ,ˈɡrænd- ,ˈɡræm- ),grandmamaorgrandmamma(ˈɡrænməˌmɑː ,ˈɡrænd- ) nouninformalwordsforgrandmother CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency grandmainAmericanEnglish (ˈgrænmə ;ˈgrænˌmɑ ;ˈgræmə ;ˈgrændmə ;ˈgrændˌmɔ ) nounInformal grandmother:alsoˈgrandmaˈma(ˈgrændməˈmɑ ;ˈgrændˈmɑmə ) Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordFrequency grandmainAmericanEnglish (ˈɡrænˌmɑː,-ˌmɔ,ˈɡrænd-,ˈɡræm-,ˈɡræmmə) nouninformal grandmother Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1865–70;grand-+ma] Examplesof'grandma'inasentence grandma TheseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontentthatdoesnotreflecttheopinionsorpoliciesofCollins,oritsparentcompanyHarperCollins. Wewelcomefeedback:reportanexamplesentencetotheCollinsteam.Readmore… Shelivedwithmygrandmaaftermygrandadpassedawayandsherefusedtospeaktome,soIstoppedvisitingthemboth.TheSun(2016)Wecansendsomepostcardstomygrandmaandgrandpa.Times,SundayTimes(2007)Thosetinysandwichesgrandmausedtomake.TheSun(2010)Thiswasthesortofstuffmygrandmausedtosay.Times,SundayTimes(2015)Shewantshergrandpaandgrandma.TheSun(2015)Onthedayofthemeal,ourgrandmadiedsuddenlyandwehadtocancel.TheSun(2011)TheyhadspentthedayinLondonwiththeirgrandmaandgrandadandexpectedtobeheadinghome.TheSun(2011)Asthestoryofthefakegrandadandgrandmaunfolds,youslowlyrealisethatnoneofitistrue.Times,SundayTimes(2013)Youcouldn'tdothatsortofthinginyourgrandma'shouse.Times,SundayTimes(2007)Hecallsme'fastgrandma'.Times,SundayTimes(2015) Trendsof grandma Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages grandma BritishEnglish:grandma /ˈɡrænˌmɑː/NOUNYourgrandmaisyourgrandmother.Youcancallyourgrandma`Grandma'.Ihuggedmygrandma.AmericanEnglish:grandma /ˈgrænmɑ/Arabic:جَدَّة BrazilianPortuguese:vovó Chinese:奶奶 Croatian:baka Czech:babička Danish:bedstemor Dutch:oma EuropeanSpanish:abuelita coloquialFinnish:isoäiti French:mamie German:Großmutter Greek:γιαγιούλα Italian:nonna Japanese:おばあちゃん Korean:할머니 Norwegian:bestemor Polish:babunia EuropeanPortuguese:avozinha Romanian:mamaieRussian:бабуля LatinAmericanSpanish:abuelita Swedish:mormor maternalThai:ย่า,ยาย Turkish:nine Ukrainian:бабусяVietnamese:bà Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically grandma grandioso grandkid grandly grandma GrandmaMoses grandmamma grandmaster AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'G' Relatedtermsof grandma GrandmaMoses Source DefinitionofgrandmafromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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