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Dada

Dada

See also: dada, dáda, dadà, ɗada, da da, and dàdà

English

Noun

Dada (uncountable)

  1. A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by nihilism, deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, chance, randomness, and the rejection of the prevailing standards in art.

Translations

dada

dada

See also: Dada, dáda, dadà, ɗada, da da, and dàdà

English

Noun

dada (countable and uncountable, plural dadas)

  1. (childish, countable) Father, dad.
  2. (informal, uncountable, South-east Asia) illegal drugs.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with Dada.


Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin data (the date of a document).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈda.də/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈda.də/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈda.da/

Noun

dada f (plural dades)

  1. datum

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دادا (dâdâ, nanny, nurse), from Persian دادا (dâdâ, nanny, nurse). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dadilja.

Noun

dada

  1. (Northern dialect) elder sister

Declension

Synonyms


Dupaninan Agta

Noun

dada

  1. aunt

Synonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑdɑ/
  • Rhymes: -dɑ

Adverb

dada

  1. (childish) away
    Oma gaat dada.
    Granny is going away now.

Adjective

dada (invariable, comparative meer dada, superlative meest dada)

  1. Related to the dada art movement.
  2. bizarre, irrational, like dada art

Interjection

dada

  1. (childish) bye-bye
    • Zeg dada aan oma.
      • Say bye-bye to granny.

Noun

dada n (uncountable)

  1. dada, the cultural movement

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.da/

Noun

dada m (plural dadas)

  1. (childish) horse

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish دادا (dâdâ, nanny, nurse), from Persian دادا (dâdâ, nanny, nurse). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dàdilja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒdɒ]
  • Hyphenation: da‧da

Noun

dada (plural dadák)

  1. nurse

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dada dadák
accusative dadát dadákat
dative dadának dadáknak
instrumental dadával dadákkal
causal-final dadáért dadákért
translative dadává dadákká
terminative dadáig dadákig
essive-formal dadaként dadákként
essive-modal
inessive dadában dadákban
superessive dadán dadákon
adessive dadánál dadáknál
illative dadába dadákba
sublative dadára dadákra
allative dadához dadákhoz
elative dadából dadákból
delative dadáról dadákról
ablative dadától dadáktól
Possessive forms of dada
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dadám dadáim
2nd person sing. dadád dadáid
3rd person sing. dadája dadái
1st person plural dadánk dadáink
2nd person plural dadátok dadáitok
3rd person plural dadájuk dadáik

Related terms

  • dadus

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dadamh
  • tada (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Modification of adamh (atom).

Pronoun

dada

  1. anything (in a question or negative statement), nothing

References

  • dadom” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “dadaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "dada" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Noun

dada m

  1. (art) Dada

Maltese

Noun

dada f (plural dadi)

  1. chest; breast
  2. die (single of dice)

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of dado.

Verb

dada f

  1. Past participle of dar.

Swahili

Noun

dada (n class, plural dada)

  1. sister

Coordinate terms

  • kaka (brother)

Yoruba

Noun

dada

  1. curly hair

Zazaki

Noun

dada ?

  1. (colloquial) grandmother

Synonyms

  • dayık