papa

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

papa

a word based, like 'maman', on the first sounds a baby can emit, interpreted as designating the parents who surround it. this is what explains why very different and unrelated languages often have similar words in this sense (see the list of translations to be convinced).

Definitions

Synonyms

papounetpap'spaps

Feminine

maman

Plural

papas

Translations

  • germangerman:Vati
  • englishenglish:pop
  • arabicarabic:أبي
  • chinesechinese:爸爸
  • koreankorean:아빠
  • spanishspanish:papá
  • greekgreek:μπαμπάς
  • hebrewhebrew:אבא
  • italianitalian:papà
  • japanesejapanese:パパ
  • dutchdutch:pappa
  • polishpolish:tatuś
  • portugueseportuguese:papai
  • russianrussian:папочка
  • swedishswedish:pappa
  • turkishturkish:baba
  • ukrainianukrainian:тато

See also

papat (cn.) papounet (cn.) pontificat (cn.) papé (cn.) antipape (cn.) papet (cn.) papette (cn.) papable (adj.) papal (adj.) papauté (cn.) papisme (cn.) papiste (cn.) papiste (adj.) pontife (cn.) papistique (adj.) antipapisme (cn.) antipapiste (cn.) antipapiste (adj.)