Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grannam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grannam
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grandmother; an old woman.

British usage; Archaic; Colloquial

Etymology

Variant of grandam with assimilatory loss of d. Compare granfer.

Usage

Inflected Forms

grannams (plural) granam (alternative)

Derived Forms

granny

Questions

What does grannam mean?: A grandmother; an old woman.
Where does grannam come from?: Variant of grandam with assimilatory loss of d. Compare granfer.

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