papa
Betekenis (English)
- Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- (informal) A pet name for one's grandfather.
- A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
- Alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Synonyms
Frekwensie
Hyphenated as
pa‧pa
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/pəˈpɑː/
Etymology (English)
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”).
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