papa
Alternativeletter-case form ofPapa of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet .FromFrench papa Middle French papa Old French papa Latin papa imitation of a child's early efforts at vocalisingLatin pater ( “ father ” ) . CompareAncient Greek πάππας ( páppas ,“ papa, daddy ” ) .
papa (plural papas
( often childish ) Dad ,daddy ,father ;afamiliar orold-fashioned term of address to one’sfather .( informal ) A pet name for one'sgrandfather . Aparish priest in theGreek Orthodox Church .1892 The Island of Fantasy: A Romance :they are all of the Orthodox Church, and obey devoutly the precepts ofPapa Athanasius
( international standards ) Alternativeletter-case form ofPapa from theNATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet . Father (familiar, conversational)
—see dad (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
papa
father (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
papa
kindness papa
grandchild grandparent Probably borrowed fromEcclesiastical Latin papas Ancient Greek πάπας ( pápas ,“ bishop, patriarch ” ) , variant ofπάππας ( páppas ,“ father ” ) .
papa m plural papes
pope papa
inflection ofpapar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Possibly fromSpanish papá Tagalog papa Central Bikol papa
papa
afather ; a (generallyhuman )male whobegets achild aterm of address to one'sfather ,father-in-law orhusband Possibly fromSpanish papá Tagalog papa Cebuano papa
Hyphenation:pa‧pa IPA (key ) : /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa] papa (feminine mama
Afather ; a (generallyhuman )male whobegets achild . Aterm of address to one'sfather ,father-in-law orhusband .Synonyms: ama tatay Borrowed fromEnglish French Michif papa
papa
father papa
thesister of one'sfather ;paternal aunt papa
duck Borrowed fromFrench papa
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɑ.paː/ Hyphenation:pa‧pa papa m plural papa's diminutive papaatje n
dad (term of address for one’sfather , especially used by young children )Synonyms: pa pap papa
duck pàpá (plural papawo
dad daddy father FromMiddle French papa maman
papa m plural papas
( childish ) papa father 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 Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique . Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th editionBorrowed fromEcclesiastical Latin papas Ancient Greek πάπας ( pápas ,“ bishop, patriarch ” ) , variant ofπάππας ( páppas ,“ father ” ) .
papa m plural papas
pope FromOld Galician-Portuguese papa Cantigas de Santa Maria Latin pappa
papa f plural papas
( usually in theplural ) pap ;porridge Synonym: papuxa papa
inflection ofpapar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “papa ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “papa ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “papas ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “papa ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “papas ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN papa
romanization of𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰 papa
brother FromFrench papa
papa
father ,dad ,daddy papa
Used to expressamazement . FromProto-Polynesian *papa Proto-Oceanic *papan Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan Malay papan Māori papa
papa
flat surface ,layer foundation storey ( of a building ) ,floor ( rare ) table ,shelf face ( of a clock ) papa
( stative , mathematics ) two-dimensional papa
( stative ) native-born papa
( stative ) ( stative ) papa
board ,lumber papa
( stative ) wooden papa
wafer papa
list ,directory Synonyms: helu helu papa papa
class ( in school ) papa (plural papák
dad Coordinate term: mama ( dialectal ) granddad ,grandfather papa in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . Borrowed from English papa French papa German Papa Italian papà Russian па́па ( pápa ) , Spanish papá
papa plural papai
papa dad ,daddy ,pop Synonyms: patreto patro Coordinate terms: mama matro FromSanskrit पाप ( pāpa ,“ bad ,evil ,low ” ) .
papa
poor condition,misery ( Hinduism ) sin Devoicedbapa
IPA (key ) : /pa.pa/ Hyphenation:pa‧pa papa
( colloquial ) father Borrowed fromRussian папа ( papa ) .
papa
dad ,papa 1936 Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart , Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:Na,papa , kala. Here,daddy , a fish. 1936 Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka [2] 46 :Siispapa sannoo meille: Thendad says to us: Borrowed fromEnglish pepper
papa (dual papak plural papat
pepper Papa liġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.Pepper can also be added to a stew.FromLatin papa Ancient Greek πάππας ( páppas ) .
papa m plural papi
pope Synonym: pontefice papa
Rōmaji transcription ofぱぱ Rōmaji transcription ofパパ papa
father Laércio Nora Bacelar,Gramática da língua Kanoê (2004). FromProto-Cariban *papa Apalaí papa Trió papa Akawaio papa Macushi papa Pemon papa Ye'kwana jaaja Yao (South America) pape Cariban Wayampi papa
papa (plural papante
first-person possessed form ofjumy ( “ father, paternal uncle ” ) Courtz, Hendrik (2008 ),A Carib grammar and dictionary [3] →ISBN 336 Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931 ), “papa”, inEncyclopaedie der Karaïben , Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page359 ; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl.,L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes [4] 1956 , page350 A nursery wordimitative of the movement of the infant's lips during eating. CompareEnglish pap German Papp Hungarian papi Polish papu pappō
pāpa f genitive pāpae first declension
( childish ) yum yum ,num-num ,food ( especiallypap ) 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". First-declension noun.
Borrowed fromByzantine Greek πάπας ( pápas ,title for priests & bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria ) , fromπάππας ( páppas ,“ papa, daddy ” ) . Some commonfolk etymologies derive it from various Latinacronyms , such asPetrī apostolī potestātem accipiēns ( literally“ the one who receives the power of the apostle Peter ” ) .
pāpa m genitive pāpae feminine pāpissa first declension
adad ,daddy ,father ( Ecclesiastical Latin ) bishop Synonyms: episcopus pontifex ( Ecclesiastical Latin ) pope ( the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome ) The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election:"Habemuspapam !" ―"We have apope !" Synonym: pontifex maximus ( Ecclesiastical Latin ) patriarch (inprimatial sees, notablyCoptic Alexandria).First-declension noun.
→ 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 → Italian:papa → Old Galician-Portuguese:papa → Romanian:papă → Spanish:papa papa inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary "papa ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis papa inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700 [5] papa m 4th declension ,irregular gender, dative singular )
( often childish ) dad ,daddy ( archaic ) pope Borrowed fromFrench pape
papa
pope From child language.
papa m
dad ,daddy Borrowed fromGerman Pappe ( “ pap; paperboard ” ) .
papa f diminutive papka
pap ( soft food ) paperboard Devoicedbapa
papa
father FromProto-Polynesian *papa Proto-Oceanic *papan Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan Malay papan Hawaiian papa
papa
board ,plank chart slab floor box ,chest victim ,sacrifice buttock ,flank “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 [6] 313-4 FromFrench papa
papa
father papa m plural papas
( Jersey , onomatopoeia ) grandfather ,grandad ,grandpa papa m definite singular papaen indefinite plural papaer or papaar definite plural papaene or papaane
( pre-2012 ) alternative form ofpappa FromEcclesiastical Latin pāpa Ancient Greek πάπας ( pápas ,“ bishop, patriarch ” ) , variant ofπάππας ( páppas ,“ father ” ) .
pāpa m
pope late 9th century ,translation ofBede's Ecclesiastical History ...oððe frām leorningcnihtum þǣs ēadiganpāpan Sce. Gregories... ...or from disciples of the blessedpope St. Gregory... The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle An. DCC.XCVII Hēr Rōmane Leone þāmpapan his tungan forcurfon ⁊ his ēagan āstungon, ⁊ hine of his setle āflīemdon, ⁊ þā sōna eft, Gode fultomiendum, hē meahte ġesēon ⁊ sprēcan ⁊ eft waspapa swā hē ǣr wæs.Year 797 In this year the Romans cut out the tongue ofPope 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 becamepope again just like he was before.Weak:
FromSanskrit पाप ( pāpa ,“ bad ,evil ,low ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /pa.pa/ Hyphenation:pa‧pa papa
poor condition,misery 1518 Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian :"Sungut ulah barang carek kenana dora bancana na lunaspapa naraka" "Do not speak with your mouth carelessly, for it is the door of disaster at the bottom of the hellishmisery ." papa
miserable Papa urang lamun urang teu dipiéwé.Howmiserable I'd be if I have no woman. > Sundanese:papa ( inherited ) FromDutch papa
papa
father papa
dog Synonym: tjiṯutja Papa ngku nyinara kuka ngalkuṉu.The dog sat eating meat. Paul A. Eckert (2007 ),Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary [7] →ISBN Rhymes:-apa Syllabification:pa‧pa Borrowed fromGerman Pappe
papa f
tarpaper ( Central Greater Poland ) tarpaper roof Borrowed fromFrench papa
papa m pers
( archaic ) dad Synonyms: ojciec tata Borrowed fromItalian papa
papa m pers
( colloquial ) pope Synonym: papież Uncertain. Possibly adeverbal frompapać *plapa German Plappe ( “ mouth ” ) , fromplappern
papa f
( colloquial , mildly derogatory ) face Possibly alearned borrowing fromLatin pappa
papa f
augmentative ofpapka papa inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANpapa in Polish dictionaries at PWNOskar Kolberg (1877 ), “pappa Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page21
Rhymes:-apɐ Hyphenation:pa‧pa FromOld Galician-Portuguese papa Ecclesiastical Latin papas Ancient Greek πάπας ( pápas ,“ bishop, patriarch ” ) , variant ofπάππας ( páppas ,“ father ” ) .
papa m plural papas feminine papisa feminine plural papisas
( Christianity ) pope FromLatin pappa pāpa ( “ infant's cry for food ” ) .
papa f plural papas
pap ( food in the form of a soft paste ) baby food ( soft food designed for babies ) ( informal , childish ) food ( figurative ) pasty papa
inflection ofpapar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Of native origin.
papa
potato FromSpanish papa
papa
pope FromProto-Polynesian *papa Proto-Oceanic *papan Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan Malay papan Hawaiian papa
papa
flat stone ;shelf in thebottom of thesea ;rocky sea bottomwooden plank “papa”, inDiccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español , Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui,2000 ,→ISBN FromFrench pape
pāpá class1a (plural bāpāpá class2a )
pope papa
burster FromEcclesiastical Latin papa Byzantine Greek πάπας ( pápas ,“ priest ” ) , variant ofπάππας ( páppas ,“ daddy, papa ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /pâːpa/ Hyphenation:pa‧pa pȃpa m anim Cyrillic spelling па̑па
pope ( of theCatholic Church ) IPA (key ) : /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa] Rhymes:-apa Syllabification:pa‧pa Borrowed fromLatin papas Ancient Greek πάπας ( pápas ,“ bishop, patriarch ” ) , variant ofπάππας ( páppas ,“ father ” ) .
papa m plural papas
pope ( an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome ) Borrowed fromQuechua papa
Papas Common names forpotato papa f plural papas
( Latin America , US , Canary Islands , Andalusia , Equatorial Guinea ) potato Synonym: patata ( Spain, Philippines ) FromLatin pappa ( “ food; used regarding children ” ) .[ 1] [ 2]
papa f plural papas
( childish , familiar ) soup , or more broadly,food in general( figuratively ) nonsense ,trifle ,rubbish See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
papa
inflection ofpapar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative “papa ”, inDiccionario de la lengua española Dictionary of the Spanish Language Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española ], 15 December 2025 “papa ”, inDiccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish:Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española ],2010 “papa ”, inDiccionario del español de México , Segunda edición2019 DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea CompareEnglish papa Dutch papa Akan papa Ewe papa
papa
father dad Synonym: tata sir gentleman ( colloquial ) penis Derived fromDutch pap
papa
mush porridge a sweet custard-based or cornflour-based dessert (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
papa classIX (plural papa classX )
shark Borrowed fromPortuguese papa
papa classV (plural mapapa classVI )
alternativeletter-case form ofPapa ( “ pope ” ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
-papa (infinitive kupapa
totremble ,quiver ( of the heart ) beat ,palpitate Conjugation of-papa Positive present -na Subjunctive -pape Negative -papi Imperative singular papa
Infinitives Imperatives Tensed forms Habitual hupapa Positive past positive subject concord + -li Negative past negative subject concord + -ku
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na Singular Plural 1st person ni na tu 2nd person u m 3rd person m-wa(I/II) a wa other classes positive subject concord + -na
Negative present (negative subject concord + -papi Singular Plural 1st person si hatu 2nd person hu ham 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ha hawa other classes negative subject concord + -papi
Positive future positive subject concord + -ta Negative future negative subject concord + -ta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pape Singular Plural 1st person ni tu 2nd person u m 3rd person m-wa(I/II) a wa other classes positive subject concord + -pape
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -si Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -nge Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singe Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngali Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singali
Perfect positive subject concord + -me "Already" positive subject concord + -mesha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -ja "If/When" positive subject concord + -ki "If not" positive subject concord + -sipo Consecutive kapapa positive subject concord + -ka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -ka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Seehapa
papa
only used inpapa hapa
Each pronunciation has a different source:
( Standard Tagalog ) IPA (key ) : /paˈpa/ [pɐˈpa] ( Spanish pronunciation ) Rhymes:-a Syllabification:pa‧pa IPA (key ) : /papa/ [pa.pa] ( Hokkien pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ] ( English Pronunciation ) Rhymes:-apa Syllabification:pa‧pa papa or papá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ
( informal , familiar , childish ) dad ;daddy Synonyms: pa ama tatay itay tay tatang Coordinate term: mama ( slang ) boyfriend ;sugar daddy papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ
low andflat papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ
gentle slope Antonym: tibong ( architecture ) low roof and littleairflow Synonyms: alipapa dampa Borrowed fromSpanish papa Latin pappa ( “ food; used regarding children ” ) .
papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ ( colloquial )
food forkids who are only just beginning to speakpapa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ
standard size offabric width Synonyms: luwang antso ( obsolete ) sewing two pieces ofsheet widthwise papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ ( zoology )
bee (Apis mellifera Synonym: bubuyog Possibly frompaapa ( “ cone-shaped ” ) .
papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ
( zoology ) telescope snail (Telescopium telescopium Synonyms: bangungon kuhol suso a cone-shaped shellSynonym: kabibe papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ ( obsolete )
tearing thetaro leaf to the skin papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ ( obsolete )
name of the Baybayin letterᜉ ( pa ) , corresponding to "pa" “papa ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph ,2018 Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860 ),Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [8] San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613 ),Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte. [9] Juan de Silva ,Pila, Laguna : La noble Villa de Pila, porTomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag. page 58: “Añadir) Papa (pp) dos pieças coſiendo las alo ãcho” page 196: “Coſer) Papa (pp) dos piernas de liẽço ancho cõ ancho a diferençia del paſado [q̃ es] punta con punta” page 458: “P) Papa (pc) letra de; Abeçe de los tagalos .|. papayaon .|.ᜉ . eſta letra les ſirue de . f . ꝑa lo Eſpañol, porqu: no la tienen, ſumulat ca nang papa ſa ſulat tavo, haz la letra. P . en letra de indio.” page 483: “Pierna) Papa (pp) de lienço o ſabana” FromEnglish papa
papa
father IPA (key ) : [ˈpa.pa] Hyphenation:pa‧pa FromProto-Polynesian *papa ( “ flat surface ” ) . Cognates includeHawaiian papa Māori papa
papa
rock rocky area papa
( stative ) flat ( stative ) hard FromProto-Polynesian *papa ( “ fish ” ) . Cognates includeMāori pā Samoan papa
papa
aschool ofcaranxes papa
( intransitive ) group together into aschool papa
bra Of imitative origin.
papa
daddy ,dad R. Simona, editor (1986 ),Tokelau Dictionary [10] 261 FromProto-Bantu *bààbá
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father ( male parent ) Borrowed fromItalian papa Doublet ofpapaz peder
IPA (key ) : /pɑˈpɑ/ ,[pʰɑˈpɑ] Hyphenation:pa‧pa papa (definite accusative papayı plural papalar
pope Possibly related toTernate foheka
papa
woman wife Possibly the same origin as the first.
papa
female oma dapapa ―a girl (literally, “afemale child ”)Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 ),The Makian languages and their neighbours [11] papá )papa
father pápá
field ,plain 
