papa

Noun

papa

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

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)

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.

Anagrams

• APAP

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

References

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

Noun

papa

1. grandchild
2. grandparent

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• pappa (less common)

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

Noun

papa

1. duck

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæpɑː/

Noun

papa

1. dad
2. daddy
3. father

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa̝/

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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: ILG
• 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

Romanization

papa

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰

Noun

papa

1. brother

References

• Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papa/

Noun

papa

1. father, dad, daddy

Interjection

papa

1. Used to express amazement.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Maori papa).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

Etymology 5

Etymology 6

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒpɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pa‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

Noun

papa (plural papák)

1. dad

   Coordinate term: mama

2. (dialectal) granddad, grandfather

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English papa, French papa, German Papa, Italian papà, Russian па́па (pápa), Spanish papá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Noun

papa (plural papai)

1. papa, dad, daddy, pop

   Synonyms: patreto, patro

   Coordinate terms: mama, matro

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Devoiced bapa.

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian папа (papa).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpɑ/, [ˈpɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpɑ/, [ˈpɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

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:

Etymology

Borrowed from English pepper.

Noun

papa (dual papak, plural papat)

1. pepper

   Papaliġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.

   Pepper can also be added to a stew.

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

Romanization

papa

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa.ˈpa]

Noun

papa

1. father

References

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

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

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [paːpa]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [paʔpa]

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

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.

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”).

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

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)

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/, [pɐ.pɐ]

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

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papa/

Noun

papa

1. father

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

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

Noun

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

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of pappa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.pɑ/

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...

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.

Descendants

• > Sundanese: papa (inherited)

Etymology

From Dutch papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pappe.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French papa.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian papa.

Etymology 4

Uncertain. Possibly a deverbal from papać. Alternative theories suggest a derivation from theorized *plapa, from dialectal German Plappe (“mouth”), from plappern.

Etymology 5

Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin pappa.

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

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”).

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Etymology 1

Of native origin.

Etymology 2

From Spanish papa.

Declension

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

Etymology

From French pape.

Noun

pāpá class 1a (plural bāpāpá class 2a)

1. pope

Noun

papa

1. burster

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)