Translingual

Symbol

Papa

1. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -apa

Proper noun

Papa m

1. pope

German

Alternative forms

• Pappa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ (commonly)
• IPA^(key): /paˈpaː/ (obsolete, lofty)
• Rhymes: -apa, -aː

Noun

Papa m ‎(genitive Papas, plural Papas)

1. dad, daddy

Usage notes

• The word is commonly used with a definite article in most parts of central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria: Wo ist der Papa? – "Where is Dad?" In northern Germany—and generally in writing—no article tends to be used: Wo ist Papa?
• The genitive Papas is used before the modified term, without any article or determiner: Papas Tasche – “Dad’s bag”. This is chiefly northern German usage; the southern German prefers the dative: die Tasche vom Papa (as above). — The genitive can also be used with an accompanying article or determiner: die Tasche meines Papas – “my dad’s bag”. This, however, is not common usage in any region; children will say instead: die Tasche von meinem Papa.

Derived terms

• Papi (affectionate)

Synonyms

• Vati

Spanish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Papa m

1. the Pope

Tagalog

Proper noun

Papa

1. the Pope

English

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.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• da
• dad
• daddy

Anagrams

• APAP

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpapə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Etymology

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

Noun

papa m ‎(plural papes)

1. pope

Cebuano

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

• (a father): ama, amahan, tatay

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

From English, French, or Michif papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Coordinate terms

• (with regards to gender): mama, naha

Dieri

Noun

papa

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

Dupaninan Agta

Noun

papa

1. duck

Dutch

Pronunciation

• 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).

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæpɑː/

Noun

papa

1. dad
2. daddy
3. father

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/

Etymology

Child-speak, syllabe-repetitive; compare maman.

Noun

papa m ‎(plural papas)

1. (childish) papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy
2. pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance

Related terms

• barbe-à-papa
• fils-à-papa

References

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒpɒ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa ‎(plural papák)

1. dad

Declension

Derived terms

• nagypapa

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papa m ‎(plural papi)

1. pope

Derived terms

• papale

Synonyms

• pontefice

Related terms

• papabile
• papale
• papalino

Kanoé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa.ˈpa]

Noun

papa

1. father

References

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

Latin

Etymology

Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.pa/

Alternative forms

• pappa

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).

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• papalis

Synonyms

• (bishop): episcopus m, pontifex m
• (pope): pontifex maximus m

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

Latvian

Noun

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

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

Declension

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Etymology 1

From child language.

Noun

papa m

1. dad, daddy

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowing from German Pappe ‎(“pap; paperboard”)

Noun

papa f ‎(diminutive papka)

1. pap ‎(“soft food”)
2. paperboard

Declension

Malay

Etymology

Devoiced bapa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papa

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba)
• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

Maori

Noun

papa

1. rump

Norman

Pronunciation

Noun

papa m ‎(plural papas)

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

Derived terms

• grand-papa ‎(“great-grandfather”)
• Papa Noué ‎(“Father Christmas”)

Old English

Etymology

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

Noun

pāpa m

1. pope

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Noun

papa

1. dog

   Papangku nyinara kuka ngalkuṉu.‎

   The dog sat eating meat.

References

• Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary, Paul Eckert et al, 2007.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Noun

papa f

1. tar paper

Declension

Portuguese

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”).

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (Christianity) pope

Etymology 2

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

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. pap (food in the form of a soft paste)
2. (figuratively) something with a pasty consistency
3. (informal, childish) any type of food

Verb

papa

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of papar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of papar

Derived terms

• não ter papas na língua

Quechua

Noun

papa

1. potato

Samoan

Noun

papa

1. burster

Serbo-Croatian

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. Roman Catholic pope

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Etymology 1

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

• papado m
• papal

See also

• cardenal m
• obispo m
• arzobispo m
• pontífice m

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Quechua papa.

Papas

Noun

papa f ‎(plural papas)

1. (Latin America, Canary Islands) potato

Synonyms

• patata (Spain)

Derived terms

• papas a la francesa
• papas arrugadas
• papas fritas

Swahili

Noun

papa (needs class)

1. pope
2. shark

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Derived terms

• papamama

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian papa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papa ‎(definite accusative papayı, plural papalar)

1. pope

Declension

Wolof

Noun

1. father