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grandchild

grandchild

338 1.0
A child of your son or daughter
  • noun
  • /ˈɡrænˌtʃaɪld/
translation icon : nieto
  • After retirement, she spends a lot of time with her grandchild, teaching him how to paint.
  • children and grandchildren
  • grandparents and grandchildren
  • visit grandchildren

I've been blessed with seven beautiful grandchildren and I love them.

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Examples

  • I have 6 grandchildren, 2 of whom I brought with me today.

  • I'm talking about things that you're going to write to your grandchildren about.

  • Yeah, we have like the first grandchild in our family.

  • I am asking you, my grandchild, to stay with me for the time I have left.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • So my grandchildren come in and cook with me.

  • These 3 kids are the only grandchildren we're ever gonna have.

  • And it was the older ones with established families, some with grandchildren, who were the most active.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I guarantee you if you have children and grandchildren, this will work.

  • But more importantly, I have two grandchildren and a third one on the way.

  • I've been blessed with seven beautiful grandchildren and I love them.

Synonyms

grandkid
vsgrandchild
  • Informal
87 1.0

A child of your son or daughter

is the neutral term without casual tone
grandbaby
vsgrandchild
  • Informal
12 2.4

A child of your son or daughter that you love

is the same meaning but expressed more neutrally

Compounds

A child of your grandson or granddaughter

How Related

child
  • Literature
428 8.5
grandchild
338 1.0
ancestor
419 2.4

Surface Forms

grandchild singular
grandchildren plural

Morphology

grandchild = grand + child (transparent) = grand + child

Meaning 'child of one's child' is directly derived from the components 'grand' + 'child'.

Etymology

Grandchild comes from the parts grand- meaning 'big' or 'older' and child. It literally means the 'child of your child', one generation below you.