papa
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Translingual
Noun
papa
- Alternative letter-case form of Papa of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
English
Etymology
From French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, probably originally a reduplicated imitation of a child's early efforts at vocalising Latin pater (“father”). Compare Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pə-päʹ, IPA(key): /pəˈpɑː/
- (General American) enPR: päʹ-pə, IPA(key): /ˈpɑːpə/
Audio (General American): (file) - Homophones: poppa (father-bother merger); popper (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
- Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːpə
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa
Noun
papa (plural papas)
- (often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- (informal) A pet name for one's grandfather.
- A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
- 1892, Fergus Hume, The Island of Fantasy: A Romance:
- they are all of the Orthodox Church, and obey devoutly the precepts of Papa Athanasius
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Derived terms
- come to papa
- papa's girl
Related terms
Translations
Father (familiar, conversational) — see dad
See also
Anagrams
Akan
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
'Are'are
Noun
papa
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Noun
papa (feminine mama)
Catalan
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Pronunciation
Noun
papa m (plural papes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “papa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 2
Verb
papa
- inflection of papar:
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa
Noun
papa
- a father; a (generally human) male who begets a child
- a term of address to one's father, father-in-law or husband
Synonyms
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Noun
papa
Coordinate terms
Dieri
Noun
papa
- the sister of one's father; paternal aunt
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
papa
Dutch
Alternative forms
- pappa (less common)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
papa m (plural papa's, diminutive papaatje n)
Derived terms
- papadag
Descendants
See also
Eastern Bontoc
Noun
papa
Ewe
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
French
Etymology
From Middle French papa, child-speak, syllable-repetitive; compare maman.
Pronunciation
Noun
papa m (plural papas)
- (childish) papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy
- Papa, on va où ?
- Daddy, where are we going?
- Au revoir, papa, je t’appelle demain.
- Bye, Dad. I'll call you tomorrow.
- pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance
Derived terms
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “papa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “papa” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “papa” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Noun
papa m (plural papas)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese papa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappa.
Noun
papa f (plural papas)
Derived terms
- papas de avea
- papuxa
Related terms
Etymology 3
Verb
papa
- inflection of papar:
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “papa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “papa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “papas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “papa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “papas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Gothic
Romanization
papa
- Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰
Gurindji
Noun
papa
References
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
Interjection
papa
- Used to express amazement.
Hawaiian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Maori papa).
Noun
papa
Verb
papa
Etymology 2
Verb
papa
Etymology 3
Verb
papa
Etymology 4
Noun
papa
Verb
papa
Etymology 5
Noun
papa
Etymology 6
Noun
papa
Etymology 7
Noun
papa
- class (in school)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
papa (plural papák)
- dad
- Coordinate term: mama
- (dialectal) granddad, grandfather
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | papa | papák |
accusative | papát | papákat |
dative | papának | papáknak |
instrumental | papával | papákkal |
causal-final | papáért | papákért |
translative | papává | papákká |
terminative | papáig | papákig |
essive-formal | papaként | papákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | papában | papákban |
superessive | papán | papákon |
adessive | papánál | papáknál |
illative | papába | papákba |
sublative | papára | papákra |
allative | papához | papákhoz |
elative | papából | papákból |
delative | papáról | papákról |
ablative | papától | papáktól |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
papáé | papáké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
papáéi | papákéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
---|---|---|
1st person sing. | papám | papáim |
2nd person sing. | papád | papáid |
3rd person sing. | papája | papái |
1st person plural | papánk | papáink |
2nd person plural | papátok | papáitok |
3rd person plural | papájuk | papáik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Further reading
- papa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English papa, French papa, German Papa, Italian papà, Russian па́па (pápa), Spanish papá.
Pronunciation
Noun
papa (plural papai)
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
Synonyms
Derived terms
- kepapaan
Etymology 2
Devoiced bapa.
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
Further reading
- “papa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Ingrian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
- dad, papa
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
- Na, papa, kala.
- Here, daddy, a fish.
Declension
Declension of papa (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | papa | papat |
genitive | papan | pappoin |
partitive | pappaa | papoja |
illative | pappaa | pappoi |
inessive | papas | papois |
elative | papast | papoist |
allative | papalle | papoille |
adessive | papal | papoil |
ablative | papalt | papoilt |
translative | papaks | papoiks |
essive | papanna, pappaan | papoinna, pappoin |
exessive1) | papant | papoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Coordinate terms
- mama (“mum, mama”)
Inupiaq
Etymology
Noun
papa (dual papak, plural papat)
- pepper
- Papaliġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.
- Pepper can also be added to a stew.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin papa, from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).
Pronunciation
Noun
papa m (plural papi)
Derived terms
- antipapa
- antipapale
- cesaropapismo
- papabile
- papalatria
- papale
- papalesco
- papalino
- papamobile
- papato
- papesco
- papessa
- papista
Related terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: papa
Japanese
Romanization
papa
Kanoé
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
References
- Laércio Nora Bacelar, Gramática da língua Kanoê (2004).
Kari'na
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *papa, a nursery word in origin; compare Apalaí papa, Trió papa, Akawaio papa, Macushi papa, Pemon papa, Ye'kwana jaaja, Yao (South America) pape, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi papa.
Pronunciation
Noun
papa (plural papante)
- first-person possessed form of jumy (“father, paternal uncle”)
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 336
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “papa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 359; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 350
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.pa/, [ˈpäːpä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pa/, [ˈpäːpä]
Etymology 1
A nursery word imitative of the movement of the infant's lips during eating. Compare English pap, German Papp, Hungarian papi, Polish papu. Also see the derivative pappō.
Alternative forms
Noun
pāpa f (genitive pāpae); first declension
- (childish) yum yum, num-num, food (especially pap)
- Cum cibum ac pōtiōnem "buās" ac "pāpās" vocent, mātrem "mammam", patrem "tatam".(Nonius Marcellus, De Compendiosa Doctrina, 81 M, 2-4)
- Since children call food "papa" and drink “bua”, mother "mamma" and father "tata".
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From early Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests & bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).
Noun
pāpa m (genitive pāpae, feminine pāpissa); first declension
- a dad, daddy, father
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a bishop
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a pope (the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)
- The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election:
- "Habemus papam!" ― "We have a [new] pope!"
- Synonym: pontifex maximus
- The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election:
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Albanian: papë
- → Proto-Brythonic: *pab
- → Old Dutch: *papo
- → Old English: pāpa (see there for further descendants)
- → Old French: pape (see there for further descendants)
- → Hungarian: pápa
- → Old Irish: pápa
- Irish: pápa
- Scottish Gaelic: pàpa
- → Italian: papa
- → Turkish: papa
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: papa
- → Romanian: papă
- → Spanish: papa
- → Tagalog: Papa
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- papa in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Latvian
Noun
papa m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)
Declension
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From child language.
Noun
papa m
Declension
Declension of papa
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Pappe (“pap; paperboard”).
Noun
papa f (diminutive papka)
- pap (soft food)
- paperboard
Declension
Declension of papa
Malay
Etymology
Devoiced bapa.
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
- father (male parent)
Synonyms
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
References
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
Norman
Pronunciation
Noun
papa m (plural papas)
Derived terms
- grand-papa (“great-grandfather”)
- Papa Noué (“Father Christmas”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
papa m (definite singular papaen, indefinite plural papaer or papaar, definite plural papaene or papaane)
Old English
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin pāpa, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pāpa m
- pope
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- ...oððe frām leorningcnihtum þǣs ēadigan pāpan Sce. Gregories...
- ...or from disciples of the blessed pope St. Gregory...
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCC.XCVII Hēr Rōmane Leone þām papan his tungan forcurfon ⁊ his ēagan āstungon, ⁊ hine of his setle āflīemdon, ⁊ þā sōna eft, Gode fultomiendum, hē meahte ġesēon ⁊ sprēcan ⁊ eft was papa swā hē ǣr wæs.
- Year 797 In this year the Romans cut out the tongue of Pope Leo [III] and gouged out his eyes and drove him from his throne. And soon, through God's help, he was able to see and speak again, and became pope again just like he was before.
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
Weak:
Descendants
Old Sundanese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
Adjective
papa
- miserable
- Papa urang lamun urang teu dipiéwé.
- How miserable I'd be if I have no woman.
Descendants
- > Sundanese: papa (inherited)
Papiamentu
Etymology
Noun
papa
Pitjantjatjara
Pronunciation
Noun
papa
References
- Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary, IAD Press, →ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -apa
- Syllabification: pa‧pa
Etymology 1
Noun
papa f
Declension
Declension of papa
Etymology 2
Noun
papa m pers
Declension
Declension of papa
Etymology 3
Noun
papa m pers
- (colloquial) pope
- Synonym: papież
Declension
Declension of papa
Etymology 4
Uncertain. Possibly a deverbal from papać. Alternative theories suggest a derivation from theorized *plapa, from dialectal German Plappe (“mouth”), from plappern.
Noun
papa f
- (colloquial, mildly derogatory) face
Declension
Declension of papa
Etymology 5
Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin pappa.
Noun
papa f
Declension
Declension of papa
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -apɐ
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese papa, probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Noun
papa m (plural papas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Swahili: papa
Etymology 2
From Latin pappa or pāpa (“infant's cry for food”).
Noun
papa f (plural papas)
- pap (food in the form of a soft paste)
- (figurative) something with a pasty consistency
- (informal, childish) any type of food
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
papa
- inflection of papar:
Related terms
Quechua
Etymology 1
Of native origin.
Noun
papa
Descendants
- → Spanish: papa
Etymology 2
Noun
papa
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | papa | papakuna |
accusative | papata | papakunata |
dative | papaman | papakunaman |
genitive | papap | papakunap |
locative | papapi | papakunapi |
terminative | papakama | papakunakama |
ablative | papamanta | papakunamanta |
instrumental | papawan | papakunawan |
comitative | papantin | papakunantin |
abessive | papannaq | papakunannaq |
comparative | papahina | papakunahina |
causative | paparayku | papakunarayku |
benefactive | papapaq | papakunapaq |
associative | papapura | papakunapura |
distributive | papanka | papakunanka |
exclusive | papalla | papakunalla |
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Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).
Noun
papa
References
- “papa”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology
Noun
pāpá class 1a (plural bāpāpá class 2a)
Samoan
Noun
papa
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, “priest”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pȃpa m (Cyrillic spelling па̑па)
- pope (of the Catholic Church)
Declension
Spanish
Sranan Tongo
Swahili
Tagalog
Tok Pisin
Tokelauan
Tswana
Turkish
West Makian
Wolof
Yoruba
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