papa
Syllables: pa·paUK/pəˈpɑː//ˈpɑːpə/
papa noun: dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. Also the alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Noun (1)
papa (plural papas)
- Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- A pet name for one's grandfather.
- A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
- they are all of the Orthodox Church, and obey devoutly the precepts of Papa Athanasius1892, Fergus Hume, The Island of Fantasy: A Romance
Proper noun capitalized: PAPA
PAPA
- Acronym of Professional and Amateur Pinball Association.
Noun (2) capitalized: PAPA
PAPA (plural PAPAs)
- Any pinball tournament held under the auspices of the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association.
- Acronym of Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid.
Also used as
papa is also the alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
papa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
papa in Hindi
- पापा
papa in Tamil
- பாப்பா
papa in Urdu
- پاپا
papa in Malayalam
- പാപ്പാ
More languagesFewer languages
- papa in Kannada
- ಅಪ್ಪಾ
- papa in Punjabi
- ਪਾਪਾ ਜੀ
Examples of papa in a sentence
- He was a papa bear protecting his cub and his heart.
- The papa bear in me roars at the story she’s recounting.
- Papa also “conscripted” a new “army” of ice cream and ice drop ambulant peddlers.
Forms of papa
| plural | papas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pappa |
| plural | PAPAs |
Origin of papa
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”).
Words formed from papa
Phrases with papa
Words that rhyme with papa
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Nansha
- rah
- shikar
- ah
- aha
- alhamdulillah
- Amapá
- Benoit
- Bogotá
- fa
- galah
- goombah
- huzzah
- inshallah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
- moire
- mudra
- ménage à trois
- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- bra
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
- da
Questions about papa
- What does papa mean?
- Papa means dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- What is papa in Hindi?
- Papa in Hindi is पापा. See Papa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is papa?
- Papa can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce papa?
- Papa is pronounced /pəˈpɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of papa?
- The plural of papa is papas.
Words near papa in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: papa (page history and authors); PAPA (page history and authors); papa (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papa (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papa (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); papa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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