Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grandmaternal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grand-ma-ter-nal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of or relating to a grandmother

Example Sentences

"Though it was a maternal feeling of a kind she hadn't really known with her own children; perhaps, in fact, a grandmaternal feeling, wise, affectionate, forbearing, soft-hearted, but also a little weary, a little retrospective, a little removed..."

Etymology

From grand- + maternal.

Questions

What does grandmaternal mean?: of or relating to a grandmother
Where does grandmaternal come from?: From grand- + maternal.

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