granny in English: A warm, friendly word for your grandmother, the mother of your mother or father. (noun)

Translation

A warm, friendly word for your grandmother, the mother of your mother or father.

Word origin

A pet short form of the older word grannam, from grand-dame, meaning grand lady.

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"Granny" is a warm family word for grandmother.

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With my it is not a name, so it takes a small g.

plural .

Words ending in -y change to -ies in the plural.

grandma

The mother of your mother or father. It is the friendly, everyday word for a grandmother.

grandmother

The mother of your mother or of your father.

grandpa

The father of your mother or father. It is the friendly word for grandfather.

family

A group of people who are related, such as parents and their children.

old

Having lived or existed for a long time; not new or young.

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