dada

Noun

dada (countable and uncountable, plural dadas)

1. (childish, countable) Father, dad.
2. (informal, uncountable, South-east Asia) illegal drugs.

Anagrams

• Adad, adda, daad

Noun

dada

1. (anatomy) breast

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin data (“the date of a document”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈda.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.da/

Noun

dada f (plural dades)

1. datum

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دادا‎ (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian دادا‎ (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dàdilja.

Noun

dada

1. (Northern dialect) elder sister

   Synonyms: apte, abla, tata

Noun

dada

1. aunt

   Synonym: manay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑdɑ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -dɑ

Adverb

dada

1. (childish) away

   Oma gaat dada.

   Granny is going away now.

Adjective

dada (invariable, comparative meer dada, superlative meest dada)

1. Related to the dada art movement.
2. bizarre, irrational, like dada art

Interjection

dada

1. (childish) bye-bye

   Zeg dada aan oma.

   Say bye-bye to granny.

Noun

dada n (uncountable)

1. dada, the cultural movement

Anagrams

• daad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.da/

Noun

dada m (plural dadas)

1. (childish) horse
2. hobby horse

Further reading

• “dada” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دادا‎ (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian دادا‎ (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dàdilja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒdɒ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: da‧da

Noun

dada (plural dadák)

1. nurse

Alternative forms

• dadadh, dadaí, dadaidh, dadamh
• dadaṁ (superseded)
• tada (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Modification of adamh (“atom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠad̪ˠə/

Pronoun

dada

1. iota, jot, whit, tittle
2. anything (in a question or negative statement), nothing

   Níl dada ann.

   There's nothing there.

   Ní fheicim dada.

   I can't see anything.

Further reading

• "dada" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “dadom” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “dadaḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 219.
• “dadaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Entries containing “dada” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “dada” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Noun

dada m (invariable)

1. (art) Dada

Noun

dada f (plural dadi)

1. chest; breast
2. die (singular form of dice)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈda.dɐ/

Pronoun

dada

1. feminine of dado

Adjective

dada f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective dado.

Verb

dada f sg

1. feminine singular past participle of dar

Etymology

Feminine of dado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdada/, [ˈd̪aða]

Verb

dada f sg

1. Feminine singular past participle of dar.

Noun

dada (n class, plural dada)

1. sister

Verb

-dada

1. to swim

Noun

dada

1. curly hair

Noun

dada f

1. (colloquial) maternal grandmother

   Synonyms: dapir, dayık