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grand·ma

 (grănd′mä′, grăn′-, grăm′mä′, grăm′ə)
n. Informal
A grandmother.
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grandma

(ˈɡrænˌmɑː; ˈɡrænd-; ˈɡræm-) ,

grandmama

or

grandmamma

n
informal words for grandmother
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grand•moth•er

(ˈgrænˌmʌð ər, ˈgrænd-, ˈgræm-)

n.
1. the mother of one's father or mother.
2. a female ancestor.
[1375–1425]
grand′moth`er•ly, adj.
grand′moth`er•li•ness, n.
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Grandma

A term often applied to the lowest gear on a farm truck when the truck had a four-speed transmission. The name presumably arose because the very slow speed of the truck was likened to that of a grandmother
1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn’t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Grandma - the mother of your father or mothergrandma - the mother of your father or mother
grandparent - a parent of your father or mother
nan - your grandmother
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Translations
babička
bedstemor
isoäitimummimummo
baka
おばあちゃん
할머니
bunicuţă
babica
mormorfarmor
ย่า ยาย

grandma

[ˈgrænmɑː] grandmama [ˈgrænməˌmɑː] Nabuela f
yes, grandmasí, abuela
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

grandma

[ˈgrændmə] nmamie f, mémé f
my grandma → ma mamie
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

grandma

[ˈgrænˌmɑː] grandmama [ˈgrænməˌmɑː] n (fam) → nonna, nonnina
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Grandma

جَدَّة babička bedstemor Großmutter γιαγιούλα abuelita isoäiti mamie baka nonna おばあちゃん 할머니 oma bestemor babunia avozinha, vovó бабуля mormor ย่า ยาย nine 奶奶
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References in classic literature ?
"I know he had on new boots; I have heard them creaking in grandmama's room."
Our grandmama lives there and our sister Mabel was sent to her last year.
The name makes me think of poor Isabella; for she was very near being christened Catherine after her grandmama. I hope we shall have her here next week.
Your grandmama, Kate, was exactly the same--precisely.
Having been laid up with the grandmama of all colds for the past two or three weeks, Mrs X and I are now playing catch-up with TV shows we missed while spluttering and proving how useless cough mixtures always were, are, and probably always will be.
Even grandchildren, young as they are, can spend a few minutes with their dear grandmama singing songs or just having plain fun.
And believe it or not, Grandmama, you're a valuable resource all on your own.
(Goodnight and God bless Mum, Nan, Grandmama and Nanny Orme.) Funeral service will be held at St Faith's Church, Crosby Road North, Waterloo on Thursday 7th March at 9.45am followed by a private cremation service at Thornton Crematorium.
' It touched me so, having been dealt a triple whammy in our family, the passing of my dad in April of last year, my elder brother this April and my maternal Grandmama this May." This text moved me.
He comes to me many times during the week and asks me, Grandmama, do you miss my Lacie....
When Ursa asks Great Gram "if Grandmama had any brothers or sisters," she is given a "real hateful look" (C 61).
Chloe Grace Moretz will voice their teenage daughter Wednesday, with Finn Wolfhard as their son Pugsley Addams, Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester, Bette Midler as Grandmama, and Allison Janney as Margaux Needler, confirmed USA Today.