English Noun grandmother The mother of someone's father. The mother of someone's mother. Translations Breton: mamm-gozh f (1, 2) Bulgarian: прабаба f (1, 2) Catalan: àvia f, iaia f, padrina f Dutch: grootmoeder f, oma f, bomma f (Flemish), bonbonneke n (Flemish) Finnish: isoäiti (1, 2), isänäiti (1), äidinäiti (2) French: grand-mère f (1, 2) Frisian: beppe German: Großmutter f, Oma f Greek: γιαγια (yiayia) f (1, 2) Guaraní: jarýi Hebrew: סבתא f Indonesian: nenek Interlingua: ava, granmatre (1, 2) Italian: nonna f (1, 2) Japanese: お婆さん (おばあさん, obāsan) Korean: 할머니 (halmeoni), 친할머니 (chinhalmeoni) (1), 외할머니 (oehalmeoni) (2) Portuguese: avó f (1, 2) Polish: babcia f Romanian: bunică f, mamaie f, mama mare f Russian: бабушка Spanish: abuela f (1, 2) Tupinambá: aryîa (1, 2) Related words grandchild grandfather