granda
granda — noun
- grandasingular
- grandasplural
1. the father of one of your parents, used as a warm everyday name that children of
the father of one of your parents, used as a warm everyday name that children often call him directly.
Every Sunday, Adina walks to her granda's house for tea and biscuits.
possessive: someone's granda for a family member
Cyrus learned to fish from his granda on the cold northern coast.
"Come and sit by the fire, Granda," said the little boy softly.
The twins begged their granda to tell the old story one more time.
Mira's granda still keeps pigeons in a wooden shed behind the garden.
- grandad
very close in meaning; slightly more widespread across Britain
- grandpa
more common in American family speech
- grandfather
the neutral, standard term used in formal writing
- granny
the matching informal word for your parent's mother
用法筆記
Common in British and Irish family speech, especially as a direct form of address; the more neutral standard word is 'grandfather' or 'grandad'.