papa

Etymology

Borrowed from French papa, probably originally imitative of a child's early efforts at vocalization, 17th c.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pə-päʹ, IPA^(key): /pəˈpɑː/
• (US) enPR: päʹ-pə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.pə/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: poppa

Noun

papa (plural papas)

1. (often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
2. (informal) A pet name for one's grandfather.
3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.

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4. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

See also

• da
• dad
• daddy

Anagrams

• APAP

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References

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

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

Noun

papa m (plural papes)

1. pope

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. A father; a (generally human) male who begets a child.
2. A term of address to one's father, father-in-law or husband.

Etymology

Borrowed from English, French, or Michif papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Noun

papa

1. the sister of one's father; paternal aunt

Noun

papa

1. duck

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

papa m (plural papa's, diminutive papaatje n)

1. Dad (term of address for one’s father, especially used by young children).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæpɑː/

Noun

papa

1. dad
2. daddy
3. father

Etymology

Child-speak, syllabe-repetitive; compare maman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/

• audio

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Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (childish) papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy

   Papa, où va-t-on ?

   Daddy, where are we going?

2. pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

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

Romanization

papa

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒpɒ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa (plural papák)

1. dad

Etymology

From Latin papa, from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.pa], /ˈpapa/
• Hyphenation: pà‧pa

• audio

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Noun

papa m (plural papi)

1. pope

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa.ˈpa]

Noun

papa

1. father

References

• Laércio Nora Bacelar, Gramática da língua Kanoê (2004).

Alternative forms

• pappa

Etymology

Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.pa/

Noun

pāpa f (genitive pāpae); first declension

1. An infant's cry for food, compare the bua for drinks

   Cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, matrem mammam, patrem tatam.

   Since children call food and drink bua and papa, mother mamma and father tata.

Noun

pāpa m (genitive pāpae); first declension

1. father
2. (ecclesiastical Latin) bishop
3. (ecclesiastical Latin) The pope (the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome).
   • The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election.

     Habemus papam!

     '"We have a [new] pope!'"

4. (ecclesiastical Latin) patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).

References

• papa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• papa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• papa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Noun

papa m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

1. (often childish) dad, daddy
2. (archaic) pope

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Etymology 1

From child language.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Pappe (“pap; paperboard”).

Etymology

Devoiced bapa.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /papə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /papa/
• Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə

Noun

papa

1. father (male parent)

Noun

papa

1. rump

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (Jersey, onomatopoeia) grandfather, grandad, grandpa

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Noun

pāpa m

1. pope

Etymology

From Dutch papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/, [ˈpɐpɐ]

Noun

papa

1. dog

   Papangku nyinara kuka ngalkuṉu.

   The dog sat eating meat.

References

• Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎, IAD Press, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Noun

papa f

1. tar paper

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pɐ/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa
• Rhymes: -apa

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese papa, from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Etymology 2

From Latin pappa or pāpa (“infant's cry for food”).

Noun

papa

1. potato

Noun

papa

1. burster

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek παπάς (papás, “priest”), variant of Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâːpa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

pȃpa m (Cyrillic spelling па̑па)

1. pope (of the Catholic Church)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Etymology 1

From Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua papa.

Papas

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese papa.

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

See hapa.

Etymology

From English papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Derived terms

• papamama

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa (definite accusative papayı, plural papalar)

1. pope

Noun

papa

1. father