Babcia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Babcia is a noun meaning A Polish grandmother.
Meaning
A Polish grandmother.
More Meanings
- A Polish old woman.
Example Sentences
My babcia was hired to attend funerals and weep for those who had few friends or family members.
There are many women in these processions, many of them old babcias with cheeks pink as a young girl’s under their flowered headscarves.
These cakes are from family recipes, from great-grandmothers and babcias, from kitchens as far apart as Knoxville, Tennessee, and Warsaw, Poland.
However, with the increased geographic mobility in Poland after 1989, and the greater push to look for jobs in other cities, fewer relatives are on hand to provide child care. Women who had babcias considered themselves lucky.
Word Forms
- babcias
Synonyms for babcia
Depending on context, synonyms include babusia.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include babushka, baba, bubbe, babusya, great-grandma, grandmumma.
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