grand'mère
French, noun
grand'mère is spelled G-R-A-N-D-M-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grand'mère is a French feminine noun meaning “dated form of grand-mère” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, grand-mère is a different word: “grandmother”. On this page, grand'-mère is a different word: “dated form of grand-mère”.
What does grand'mère mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininedated form of grand-mère
noun
- 1
femininegrandmother
noun
- 1
datedfemininedated form of grand-mère
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mère du père (grand-mère paternelle) ou de la mère (grand-mère maternelle) d’une personne. 2. Femme considérée comme âgée. 3. Aïeule porteuse d’une mémoire collective. 4. Nos grands-mères : Les femmes qui nous ont précédé, il y a deux générations ou plus.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de grand-mère.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of grand'mère
- grands-mères plural
- grand-mères plural
- grand'mère alternative dated
- grand'-mère alternative dated
- mère-grand alternative dated
- grand'-mères plural
- grand's-mères plural
- grand'mères plural
- grand-père masculine
- grand’mère dated
- grand’mères plural
- grands’mères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to grand'mère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grand'mère in French?
grand'mère appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).