pappa

Alemannic German

Noun

pappa m

1. (Gressoney) dad, daddy, papa

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.paː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pap‧pa

Noun

pappa m (plural pappa's, diminutive pappaatje n)

1. (less common) Alternative form of papa.

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish pappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pap‧pa

Noun

pappa

1. (dialectal) dad

   Synonym: isi

2. (colloquial) grandpa, grandfather

Declension

Synonyms

• isoisä
• ukki
• vaari

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pappa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin pappa (“food for children”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: pàp‧pa

Noun

pappa f (plural pappe)

1. baby food
2. pap, mush

Synonyms

• broda
• brodaglia

Derived terms

• pappa reale
• pappetta
• cervello di pappa
• trovare la pappa pronta
• scodellare la pappa
• essere pappa e ciccia

Related terms

• pappare

Verb

pappa

1. inflection of pappare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

From pappare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: pàp‧pa

Noun

pappa m (invariable)

1. hustler, pimp

   Synonyms: protettore, pappone, lenone

Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

pappā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pappō

Etymology 2

Probably of childish, onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

pappa f

1. the word with which infants call for food

Related terms

• pappō

Descendants

• Catalan: pap, papa
• Galician: papa
• Italian: pappa
• Portuguese: papa
• Romanian: papă
• Spanish: papa

References

• “pappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pappa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pappa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pappa m (definite singular pappaen, indefinite plural pappaer, definite plural pappaene)

1. dad, daddy

Synonyms

• far

Related terms

• mor, mamma
• bror, søster, søsken
• sønn, datter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin papa.

Noun

pappa m (definite singular pappaen, indefinite plural pappaer or pappaar, definite plural pappaene or pappaane)

1. dad, daddy

Synonyms

• (father): far m, fader m

Coordinate terms

• mamma f (“mum, mom”)

References

• “pappa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Imitative/child-speak, similar to French papa, Greek παππάς (pappás).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• audio

  (file)

Noun

pappa c

1. dad, father

Declension

Synonyms

• far
• fader
• farsa (slang)
• pappsen (definite, colloquial)

Related terms

• mamma

References

• pappa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pappa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)