papa

pa·pa  (päp, p-pä) also pop·pa (päp)

n. Informal

Father.

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[French; see papa in Indo-European roots.]

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Papa [ˈpɑːpɑː]

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) Communications a code word for the letter p

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papa¹

n

Old-fashioned an informal word for father [1]

[from French, a children's word for father; compare Late Latin pāpa, Greek pappa]

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papa²

n

(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church another name for the pope¹ [1]

[from Italian]

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papa³

n

(Earth Sciences / Minerals) NZ rare. a soft blue-grey clay of marine siltstone or sandstone

[Maori]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

papa - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk dad, dada, daddy, pa, pappa, pop begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"

Translations

papa [pəˈpɑː] N → papá m

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papa

n (dated inf) → Papa m

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papa

n papa [pəˈpaː, (American ) ˈpa:pə]

a father You must ask your papa; Where are you, Papa? pappa أبي، بابا татко tatínek far; papa der Papa μπαμπάς papá issi بابا isä papa אַבָּא पिता, पापा tata,otac papa ayah pabbi papà パパ 아빠 tėtis, tėvelis tētis ayah papa pappa tata papá tătic папа ocko očka tata pappa คุณพ่อ baba 爸爸 тато والد، باپ bố 爸爸