granddaughter
孫娘
解説 Definition
自分の息子や娘の娘のことです。祖父母から見た女性の孫にあたります。
Your granddaughter is your son's or daughter's daughter. It is a family word used to talk about the next generation in your family. The word is only used for a girl; for a boy, use grandson.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
daughter「娘」が分かれば中心は簡単で、grand- は family語彙で「一世代ずれた」という感覚で覚えると残りやすいです。grandmother / grandfather / grandson / granddaughter の並びでまとめて見ると、grand- が付くと祖父母・孫の関係になると整理できます。特に grandson と対で覚えると混同しにくく、会話では my granddaughter, their granddaughter の形でよく出ます。
Start from the easy core word: daughter. Then add grand-, which often shows a one-generation family distance in words like grandfather, grandmother, grandson, and granddaughter. Remember it as the female partner of grandson, and picture common phrases like my granddaughter or their granddaughter.
例文
My granddaughter is starting school this year.
私の孫娘は今年学校を始める。
He visited his granddaughter every weekend.
彼は毎週末に孫娘を訪問した。
The granddaughter helped her grandmother in the garden.
孫娘は庭で祖母を手伝った。
granddaughter の類義語・関連語
granddaughter の語源・成り立ち Etymology
granddaughter は grand「一世代上・大きい」と daughter「娘」が合わさった語で、grand は古フランス語を通じてラテン語 grandis「大きい」、daughter は古英語 dohtor 由来です。直訳すると「子どもの娘」で、grandson や grandparent と同じ家族語の作りです。
Granddaughter is made from grand and daughter. Grand came into English from Old French and goes back to Latin grandis, meaning "large" or "great," while daughter comes from Old English dohtor. In family words, grand- came to mean "one generation further," so granddaughter means the daughter of one's child, like grandson and grandparent.
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