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Meaning of "grandam" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRANDAM

From Anglo-French grandame, from Old French grand- + dame lady, mother.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GRANDAM

ˈɡrændəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRANDAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grandam is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRANDAM

addendum · avisandum · avizandum · Carborundum · Christendom · corrigendum · corundum · fandom · Lindum · mandom · memorandum · mutandum · nonrandom · notandum · pseudorandom · queendom · random · referendum · tandem · Wyndham

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRANDAM

grand staircase · grand total · grand tour · grand unified theory · Grand Union Canal · grand vizier · grandad · grandad shirt · grandaddies · grandaddy · grandame · grandaunt · grandbaby · grandchild · grandchildren · granddad · granddaughter · grande dame · Grande-Terre · grandee

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRANDAM

Adam · air dam · Amsterdam · arch dam · commendam · dam · Edam · macadam · madam · New Amsterdam · not know someone from Adam · Potsdam · quidam · quondam · Rotterdam · Schiedam · tarmacadam · the madam · undam · Zaandam

Synonyms and antonyms of grandam in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grandam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRANDAM

Find out the translation of grandam to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of grandam from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grandam» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

老太婆
1,325 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Spanish

grandam
570 millions of speakers
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English

grandam
510 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Hindi

grandam
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

grandam
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

Grandam
278 millions of speakers
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grandam
270 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Bengali

grandam
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

grandam
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Grandam
190 millions of speakers
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Translator English - German

Großmutter
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

祖母
130 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Korean

grandam
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Grandam
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

grandam
80 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Tamil

பாட்டி
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Marathi

आजी
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Turkish

nine
70 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Italian

nonna
65 millions of speakers
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GRANDAM
50 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Grandam
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

grandam
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

GRANDAM
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Grandam
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

grandam
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

grandam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grandam

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRANDAM»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of grandam
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grandam

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRANDAM»

Discover the use of grandam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grandam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The American Farmer
Dam by Pope, grandam Flora, by Favourite, great grandam, Nymph, by the White Bull, g. g. grandam, Lily, by Favourite, g. g. g. grandam, Miss Lax (own sister to Lord Bolingbroke's dam) by Duke, g. g. g. g. grandam Lady May nard, Favourite's  ...
John S. Skinner, 1829
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Michigan Farmer
Sired hy Pioneer; dam Lucinda, by Khodrick; grandam Ann Hickman, by Norway; g. grandam Phoenix, by Oliver (2387); g. g. grandam Nancy Jones, imported. Rhodrick wag sired by imported Otley (4632); dam Ann Rusk, imported; aired by  ...
‎1855
3
Eyton's Herd Book of Hereford Cattle
Lady Moreton, by Original the Second, Dam, Favourite, Grandam, Bloudy, by Old Favourite, Great Grandam, Fatrumps, Great-Great Grandam, Blossom, Great- Great-Great Grandam, Little Beauty, by Waxy the Second Dandy, by Emperor, by Sir ...
‎1846
4
Vol. 7th July to December, MDCCCXXXVII
Dam by Farmer, grandam by Jupiter, g. grandam by Sir Oliver, g. g. grandam Raspberry, by Trunnell, g. g. g. grandam Strawberry, by Favourite, g. g. g. g. grandam Lily, by Favourite. See No. 1. Dam, No. 3. Dam by Farmer, grandam by Charles, ...
The Farmer's Magazine, 1837
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The Farmer's Magazine
13, at the Chilton sale,) hy St. Alhan's, great grandam (No. 4, at the Chilton sale,) hy Jupiter, g. g. grandam hy Sir Oliver, g. g. g. grandam (Rasherry) hy Trimnell, g. g. g. g. grandam (Strawherry) hy Favourite, g.g-g-g-g. grandam (Lilly) hy ...
‎1838
6
Davy's Devon Herd Book: Containing the Names of the ...
Sire, Red Rover, (352) ; dam, Juno 2nd, (1133,) by Rover, (353) ; grandam, Juno 1st, by Holk- ham, (217) : great grandam, Lady Devon, by imported Holkham, bred by Earl Leicester ; great great grandam, Duchess, bred by the Earl of Leicester ...
John Tanner Davy, 1855
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The New Sporting Magazine
b. f. Florine, by Poly gar, out of Barbara, by The Laird, grandam My Lady, by Comus; Lord Sligo na. Mr. Walker's b. f. Clo- rinda, by Comus, dam by Pipator, grandam by Delpini, out of Tuberose ; Mr. Poyntz na. ch. f. by Mountebank, out of  ...
‎1832
8
American turf register and sporting magazine
She was not by John Richards, her dam by St. fllflll'lilflf, (brother to lloll'e Flori2.21, ) grandam (the dam of EucieroJ by Seymour's Spread Eagle, g. grandam by imp. Spread Eagle, 5. g. grandam by Federalist, g. g. g.grnndom by Independcncc, ...
J.S. Skinner
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Davy's Devon Herd Book; Containing the Names of the ...
Sire, Red Rover, (352) ; dam, Juno 2nd, (1133,) by Rover, (353) ; grandam, Juno 1st, by Holk- ham, (217): great grandam, Lady Devon, by imported Holkham, bred by Earl Leicester ; great great grandam, Duchess, bred by the Earl of Leicester, ...
John Tanner Davy, 1855
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Devon Herd-book: Containing Pedigrees of Devon Cattle; with ...
Sire, Red Rover, (352) ; dam, Juno 2nd, (1133,) by Rover, (353) ; grandam, Juno 1st, by Holk- ham, (217) ; great grandam, Lady Devon, by imported Holkham, bred by Earl Leieester ; great great grandam, Duchess, bred by the Earl of Leicester ...
‎1855

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRANDAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grandam is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sparkman: Lady Eli displays class from an Aga Khan mare
... and the Grade 2 Jersey Derby winner More Royal, by Mt. Livermore, grandam of the Canadian champion Spring in the Air, by Spring At Last, ... «Daily Racing Form, Jul 15»
2
Only the name survives of historic Fiddick's Junction
Fiddick struck it rich, too, so to speak, by winning the heart of Elizabeth Grandam. Visiting from Tynemouth, Northumberland, she married Sam ... «Cowichan Valley Citizen, Jul 15»
3
Sparkman: Iltis female line breeds on
Blessed Again had already proven herself an influential broodmare as the grandam of the great sprinter Decathlon, by Olympia, and Hollywood ... «Daily Racing Form, Jul 15»
4
Father's Day brings special meaning to track
Buckler and TRG, with John Nelson tuning the team's Porsche 911s, had considerable success racing in the GrandAm Series. Mark Nelson ... «Marinscope Community Newspapers, Jun 15»
5
Trip To Paris breeder's second favourite foal
The family has been part of The Cottage Stud fold for four generations after the Monaghans bought Trip To Paris's great-grandam Royal Sister II ... «Racing Post Bloodstock, Jun 15»
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Dayton Police Looking for Beef Jerky Thief
He was seen leaving the store in a green Pontiac GrandAm. If you recognize the suspect in the photo taken from surveillance video, or know ... «WKEF ABC 22, Jun 15»
7
Wylie Hall For Stud
2nd dam: produced 10 runners – 100% winners incl a stakes winner, the dams of 3 stakes winners (one Gr1 winner) and the grandam of Grand ... «Sporting Post, Jun 15»
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Legatissimo Favored in 11-Horse Investec Oaks
The daughter of Danehill Dancer is out of group I winner Zee Zee Top, while her grandam is 1986 Irish Oaks winner and Epsom Oaks ... «BloodHorse.com, Jun 15»
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Louisiana's Yankee Gentleman has role in Triple Crown bid
He is out of the Grade 1-winning Flying Paster mare Key Phrase, who is the grandam of graded stakes winners Half Ours and Khancord Kid. «Daily Racing Form, May 15»
10
Sparkman: Young sire making his own Luck
... grandam of champion 3-year-old filly Wait a While, by Maria's Mon. The rest of the immediate family was certainly respectable and traced to ... «Daily Racing Form, May 15»
REFERENCE
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