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The Russian word for grandmother is
бабушка

babushka



grandmother

Russian Definition


grandmother
     1. бабушка
      A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance. - Бабушка - это мать, у которой есть второй шанс.
     2. женщина-предок



Translations for grandmother and their definitions

бабуля
     1. n. (colloquial) granny (grandmother)
     2. n. (colloquial) granny (old lady)


бабуся
     1. n. granny, grandma


бабка
     1. n. old woman, crone
     2. n. grandmother
     3. n. midwife
     4. n. (technical) mandrel
     5. n. pastern
     6. n. knucklebones
     7. n. money


баба
     1. n. (disdainful) woman, countrywoman
           Все ба́бы — ду́ры; все мужики́ — сво́лочи — Every woman is stupid, every man a bastard (Russian folklore)
     2. n. grandma, granny (short for бабушка)
           Ма́ма, а где ба́ба? — Mom, where’s grandma?
     3. n. (informal or archaic) old woman (short for бабушка)
           Жи́ли-бы́ли дед да ба́ба — There once lived an old man and his old woman.
     4. n. woman, female, broad
           Кто э́та ба́ба? — Who's that broad?
     5. n. peasant’s wife, peasant woman
     6. n. (weak man) milksop, old woman
     7. n. (technical) ram (of pile driver)
     8. n. (technical) drop weight
     9. n. baba (tall, cylindrical cake), bundt cake, gugelhupf
           ро́мовая ба́ба — rum baba, rum cake
           сне́жная ба́ба — snowman
           ка́менная ба́ба — primitive stone statue


бабушкаpronunciation
     1. n. grandmother, grandma, granny
           расскажи́ э́то свое́й ба́бушке — tell it to Sweeney, tell it to the marines
     2. n. old lady
     3. n. strong, outspoken or opinionated woman


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