grandparent – English noun declension

English noun forms of grandparent

Noun: grandparent
Singulargrandparent
Pluralgrandparents

Sample Sentences

  • A 15-year-old orphan is being forced from the Arizona senior community where he lives with his grandparents after the homeowner’s association said it could face legal issues if he stayed. [2020 January 16, Scottie Andrew, “An orphaned teen is being forced out of his grandparents’ senior community because he’s too young”, in CNN:]
  • More than 140,000 US children have lost a parent or grandparent who takes care of them to Covid-19, CDC researchers reported Thursday, which is as many as one in 500 US kids. [2021 October 8, Maggie Fox, “Covid-19 has taken the parents or grandparents of 140,000 US children, and minorities were hit harder”, in CNN:]

Etymology

From grand- + parent. Compare French grand-parent. See: French Nouns 'grand-parent'.