nan
noun[C]
UKinformaluk/næn/us/næn/child's wordforagrandmother:
(儿语)(外)祖母Thekidslovestayingwiththeirnan at theweekend.孩子们喜欢周末和他们的奶奶呆在一起。
[as form of address]Happybirthday, Nan.奶奶,生日快乐。
a grandparent
- grandparentMy grandparents are both in their 80s.
- grandmotherWe went to visit our grandmother in hospital.
- grandfatherHer paternal grandfather was a miner.
- grandmaWhen grandma comes to visit, she always brings sweets.
- grannyShe visited her granny in Pasadena.
- nanUKShe was brought up by her nan.
Family: relations in general
- anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- father
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- kinship
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib
- sibling