American English pronunciation
How to pronounce grandfather
IPA transcription: [ɡ'ɹænd,fɑðɚ]
Pronunciation variants: [ɡ'ɹænd,fɑðɚ][ɡ'ɹæn,fɑðɚ]
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Noun
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the father of your father or mother
Usage examples
- Plamondon's birth town was founded by her grandfather.
- Her great-grandfather Adolphe Vorderman played a key role in the discovery of vitamins.
- We survived thanks to a respiratory system our grandfather invented.
- His maternal grandfather worked for Stinnes in Saint Petersburg.
- His grandfather and father, Nathaniel Brindley Mahaffy, were also clergymen.
- His great grandfather was Robertus Dixon.
- Goodman is from an Orthodox Jewish family; her maternal grandfather was an Orthodox Rabbi.
- His grandfather was an abusive alcoholic.
- One of his paternal great-great-great-grandfathers was Union General George Meade.
- Volkov is also the grandfather of four children.