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Translingual

Noun

papa

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Papa of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

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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

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.
    • 1892, Fergus Hume, The Island of Fantasy: A Romance:
      they are all of the Orthodox Church, and obey devoutly the precepts of Papa Athanasius
  4. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Derived terms

Translations

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Akan

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

papa

  1. father

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

papa

  1. kindness

References

'Are'are

Noun

papa

  1. grandchild
  2. grandparent

References

Bikol Central

Etymology

Possibly from Spanish papá. Compare Tagalog papa, Cebuano papa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
  • IPA(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]

Noun

papa (feminine mama)

  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.
    Synonyms: ama, tatay

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)

  1. pope
Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

papa

  1. inflection of papar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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Cebuano

Etymology

Possibly from Spanish papá. Compare Tagalog papa, Bikol Central papa.

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

Synonyms

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English, French, or Michif papa.

Noun

papa

  1. father

Coordinate terms

Dieri

Noun

papa

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

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

papa

  1. duck

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French papa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.paː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

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

  1. dad (term of address for one’s father, especially used by young children)
    Synonyms: pa, pap

Derived terms

  • papadag

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: papa
  • Negerhollands: popa, pupa
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: popa, pupa (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: papai

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Eastern Bontoc

Noun

papa

  1. duck

Ewe

Pronunciation

Noun

papa

  1. dad
  2. daddy
  3. father

French

Etymology

From Middle French papa, child-speak, syllable-repetitive; compare maman.

Pronunciation

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

  1. (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.
  2. 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

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)

  1. pope
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese papa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappa.

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

  1. (usually in the plural) pap; porridge
    Synonym: papuxa
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

  1. inflection of papar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

Gothic

Romanization

papa

  1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰

Gurindji

Noun

papa

  1. brother

References

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

Noun

papa

  1. father, dad, daddy

Interjection

papa

  1. 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

  1. flat surface, layer
  2. foundation
  3. storey (of a building), floor
  4. (rare) table, shelf
  5. face (of a clock)
Derived terms

Verb

papa

  1. (stative, mathematics) two-dimensional

Etymology 2

Verb

papa

  1. (stative) native-born

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

  1. (stative) set close together
  2. (stative) in unison

Etymology 4

Noun

papa

  1. board, lumber

Verb

papa

  1. (stative) wooden

Etymology 5

Noun

papa

  1. wafer

Etymology 6

Noun

papa

  1. list, directory
    Synonyms: helu, helu papa

Etymology 7

Noun

papa

  1. class (in school)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

papa (plural papák)

  1. dad
    Coordinate term: mama
  2. (dialectal) granddad, grandfather

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • papa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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)

  1. papa, dad, daddy, pop
    Synonyms: patreto, patro
    Coordinate terms: mama, matro

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.pa/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
  • Rhymes: -pa

Noun

papa

  1. poor condition, misery
  2. (Hinduism) sin
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • kepapaan

Etymology 2

Devoiced bapa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.pa/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

  1. (colloquial) father

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian папа (papa).

Pronunciation

Noun

papa

  1. 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.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:
      Siis papa sannoo meille:
      Then dad says to us:

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination), singular ...

Coordinate terms

  • mama (“mum, mama”)

Inupiaq

Etymology

Borrowed from English pepper.

Noun

papa (dual papak, plural papat)

  1. pepper
    Papaliġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.
    Pepper can also be added to a stew.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Hyphenation: pà‧pa

Noun

papa m (plural papi)

  1. pope
    Synonym: pontefice

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Romanization

papa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぱぱ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of パパ

Kanoé

Pronunciation

Noun

papa

  1. father

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)

  1. 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

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

  1. (childish) yum yum, num-num, food (especially pap)
    Cum cibum ac pōtiōnem "buās" ac "pāpās" vocent, mātrem "mammam", patrem "tatam".
    Since children call food "papa" and drink “bua”, mother "mamma" and father "tata".
    (Nonius Marcellus, De Compendiosa Doctrina, 81 M, 2-4)
Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...
Derived terms
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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

  1. a dad, daddy, father
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a bishop
    Synonyms: episcopus, pontifex
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a pope (the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)
    The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election:
    "Habemus papam!" ― "We have a pope!"
    Synonym: pontifex maximus
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).
Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...
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
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: papa
  • → Romanian: papă
  • → Spanish: 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)

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

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From child language.

Noun

papa m

  1. dad, daddy
Declension
More information Singular, Dual ...
Declension of papa

Etymology 2

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

Noun

papa f (diminutive papka)

  1. pap (soft food)
  2. paperboard
Declension
More information Singular, Dual ...
Declension of papa

Malay

Etymology

Devoiced bapa.

Pronunciation

Noun

papa

  1. 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

  1. board, plank
  2. chart
  3. slab
  4. floor

References

  • “papa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
  • Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 313-4

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

Noun

papa

  1. father

Norman

Pronunciation

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

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

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

papa m (definite singular papaen, indefinite plural papaer or papaar, definite plural papaene or papaane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of pappa

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pāpa m

  1. 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.

Declension

Weak:

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.pa/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

  1. poor condition, misery
    • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian:
      "Sungut ulah barang carek kenana dora bancana na lunas papa naraka"
      "Do not speak with your mouth carelessly, for it is the door of disaster at the bottom of the hellish misery."

Adjective

papa

  1. miserable
    Papa urang lamun urang teu dipiéwé.
    How miserable I'd be if I have no woman.

Derived terms

  • papa kalesa

Descendants

  • > Sundanese: papa (inherited)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch papa.

Noun

papa

  1. father

Pitjantjatjara

FWOTD – 23 July 2019

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpapa/, [ˈpɐpɐ]

Noun

papa

  1. dog
    Synonym: tjiṯutja
    Papangku nyinara kuka ngalkuṉu. ― The dog sat eating meat.

References

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

Polish

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Pronunciation

 
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pappe.

Noun

papa f

  1. tarpaper
  2. (Central Greater Poland) tarpaper roof
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Declension of papa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French papa.

Noun

papa m pers

  1. (archaic) dad
    Synonyms: ojciec, tata
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Declension of papa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian papa.

Noun

papa m pers

  1. (colloquial) pope
    Synonym: papież
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
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

  1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) face
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Declension of papa

Etymology 5

Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin pappa.

Noun

papa f

  1. augmentative of papka
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Declension of papa

Further reading

  • papa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • papa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “pappa”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21

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, feminine papisa, feminine plural papisas)

  1. (Christianity) pope
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

  1. pap (food in the form of a soft paste)
  2. baby food (soft food designed for babies)
  3. (informal, childish) any type of food
  4. (figurative) something with a pasty consistency
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

  1. inflection of papar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Quechua

Etymology 1

Of native origin.

Noun

papa

  1. potato
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Spanish papa.

Noun

papa

  1. pope

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information ñuqap (my), singular ...

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

  1. flat stone; shelf in the bottom of the sea; rocky sea bottom
  2. wooden plank

References

  • “papa”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From French pape.

Noun

pāpá class 1a (plural bāpāpá class 2a)

  1. pope

Samoan

Noun

papa

  1. burster

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, “priest”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȃpa m (Cyrillic spelling па̑па)

  1. pope (of the Catholic Church)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Spanish

Sranan Tongo

Swahili

Tagalog

Tok Pisin

Tokelauan

Tswana

Turkish

West Makian

Wolof

Yoruba

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