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granny

nomadjectifverbenomcourant dans les dialogues

  • //ˈɡɹæni//

A grandmother.

nom

  1. 1

    A grandmother.

    I'm going to be a granny.

    Good morning, Granny!

    Travelling with their granny, who seems more interested in her crossword puzzle than them, they bicker and fight in a futile bid to get her attention. Oh, the joys of travelling during the school holidays!

  2. 2

    Any elderly woman, regardless of if she has grandchildren.

    That granny over there needs your assistance.

  3. 3

    An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.

  4. 4

    Variante de granny knotEllipsis of granny knot.

    The suitcase was old. The brown leather was battered and scuffed. Two hanks of clothesline had been wrapped around it and tied in large, clownish grannies.

Étymologie

Etymology tree English gran(nam) Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English granny From gran(nam) + -y.

adjectif

  1. 1

    familierTypically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

    granny dress; granny glasses

    1965, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Long brown fluffy hair, slightly curled on the ends, black coat, gold buttons, belt around the middle, bare legs, no socks, granny heels, also black, shoulder bag, black, transistor radio.

verbe

  1. 1

    familierTo be a grandmother.

  2. 2

    familierTo act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss.

nom

  1. 1

    A grand final.

    On the morning of the 'granny', the three Vizards would hop into Godfrey's Dodge and head off towards the MCG.

    Jase was controversially suspended and prevented from playing in the granny.

    "Dad, I got some good news and bad news. Good news is I'll be playing in the granny. Bad news is you'll have to hop on a plane.”

Étymologie

Etymology tree English gran(d) Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English granny From gran(d) + -y.

Formes

pluriel
grannies
passé
grannied
participe passé
grannied
participe présent
grannying
3ᵉ personne du singulier
grannies
Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).