granny

gran·ny

or gran·nie  (grăn′ē)

n. pl. gran·nies

1. Informal A grandmother.

2. Informal A fussy person.

3. Southern US See granny woman.

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[Short for grandmother or grandam.]

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granny

(ˈɡrænɪ) or

grannie

n, pl -nies

1. informal words for grandmother

2. informal an irritatingly fussy person

3. (Architecture) a revolving cap on a chimneypot that keeps out rain, etc

4. (Medicine) Southern US a midwife or nurse

5. (Knots) See granny knot

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gran•ny

or gran•nie

(ˈgræn i)

n., pl. -nies,
adj. n.

1. Informal. grandmother.

2. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a midwife.

adj.

3. (of clothing for women) loose-fitted often with a high neckline, puff sleeves, and ruffles and lace trimmings: a granny blouse.

[1655–65; grand(mother) + -y², with -nd->-nn-]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	granny - the mother of your father or mother gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, nanna, nan grandparent - a parent of your father or mother nan - your grandmother
	2.	granny - an old woman old woman - a woman who is old
	3.	granny - a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure granny knot flat knot, reef knot - a square knot used in a reef line

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Translations

جَدَّةجَدَّه

babička

bedstemor

OmaOmi

γιαγιάκα

abuelita

mummi

grand-mamanmamiemamymémé

baka

nagyi

amma

nonna

おばあちゃん

할머니

bobutė

vecmāmiņa

oma

bestemor

babcia

avozinhavovó

бабуля

babička

babica

mormor

ยาย ย่า

ninebabaannebüyük anne

bà

奶奶外婆

granny

grannie [ˈgrænɪ]

A. N → abuela f
yes, granny → sí, abuela

B. CPD granny flat N (Brit) → pisito m or (LAm) departamentito m para la abuela
granny knot N → nudo m corredizo

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

granny

[ˈgræni] n → mamie f
my granny → ma mamiegranny flat n → petit appartement m indépendant (en annexe)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

granny

, grannie

n

(inf) → Oma f (inf), → Omi f (inf)

(also granny knot) → Altweiberknoten m

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granny

:

granny bonds

pl (Brit Fin inf) indexgebundene staatliche Sparbriefe

granny flat

n (Brit) → Einliegerwohnung f

granny glasses

pl → randlose Brille

Granny Smith

n (= apple) → Granny Smith m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

granny

grannie [ˈgrænɪ] n (grannies (pl)) (fam) → nonna, nonnina

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

granny

(ˈgrӕni) (plural ˈgrannies) grannie noun

a grandmother. I have two grannies; Hallo, Granny! ouma جَدَّه баба vovó babička die Oma bedstemor γιαγιάabuelita vanaema مادر بزرگ isoäiti grand-maman, mamieסבתא दादी, नानी baka nagyi nenek amma nonna おばあちゃん 조모, 할머니 senelė, bobutė vecmāmiņa nenek omabestemorbabcia انا، نيا ، دمور او يا پلار مور avozinha bunicuţă бабушка babička babica baka farmor, mormor ย่า; ยาย nine, büyük anne, babaanne 奶奶，外婆 бабуся دادی ، نانی (thân mật) bà 奶奶，外婆

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

granny

→ جَدَّة babička bedstemor Omi γιαγιάκα abuelita mummi mamy baka nonna おばあちゃん 할머니 oma bestemor babcia avozinha, vovó бабуля mormor ยาย ย่า nine bà 奶奶

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