American English pronunciation

How to pronounce grandfather

IPA transcription: [ɡ'ɹænd,fɑðɚ]

Pronunciation variants: [ɡ'ɹænd,fɑðɚ][ɡ'ɹæn,fɑðɚ]

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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.