paap

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (derogatory, masculine) Slur for a Roman Catholic cleric.
2. (broadly, derogatory, humorous, masculine) papist (slur for any Roman Catholic)

Synoniemen

katholiek

Vertalingen

papist

calotin

frocard

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/paːp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: pape

Verwant aan Duits: Pfaffe

In summary

From Middle Dutch pape (“priest, secular cleric”), from Old Dutch *papo (“priest”), from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs). Cognate to German Pfaffe. Doublet of paus.