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papa

[ pah-puh, puh-pah ]

noun

  1. Papa, a code word used in communications, especially by radio, to represent the letter P.


papa

1

/ pəˈpɑː /

noun

  1. old-fashioned.
    an informal word for father
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


papa

2

/ ˈpɑːpa /

noun

  1. rare. a soft blue-grey clay of marine siltstone or sandstone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Papa

3

/ ˈpɑːpɑː /

noun

  1. communications a code word for the letter p
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

papa

4

/ ˈpɑːpɑː /

noun

  1. RC Church another name for the pope 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of papa1

First recorded in 1675–85; from French; Middle French pappa (nursery word); compare Latin pāpa “father” ( pope ), Old Norse pāpi, pabbi “father”; pap 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of papa1

C17: from French, a children's word for father; compare Late Latin pāpa, Greek pappa

Origin of papa2

Māori

Origin of papa3

C16: from Italian
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Example Sentences

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It had been her papa who would tuck her in and turn off the night light.

“I love you so much papa,” he wrote in an emotional Instagram tribute to his father.

After the pandemic forced her out of a part-time job at Papa John’s, money has been tight.

Overly proud papa awardTrump keeps saying his daughter Ivanka created 15 million jobs.

The Amazon biography for an author named Papa Faal mentions both Gambia and lists a military record that matches the FBI report.

In the background, outside, is Papa Legba, who is a Loa, the word for a Voodoo deity.

Her demand was simple: I will not marry Loras Tyrell (i.e., the “renowned pillow-biter” to whom Papa Tywin has betrothed her).

A Facebook photo from the event shows the manifestly proud papa beaming beside his son.

“Like Papa,” this too made me proud that they would make such a comparison.

Miss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.

"The worst of it is that one can't be certain of anything," said Papa, pulling his moustache.

But Mamma and Papa and Judy had quitted the cab, and all the luggage was being taken into the house.

None of his brothers or sisters was near him, and he could not hear his mamma or papa grunting near the feed trough.

They wanted Papa and Mamma, gone to Bombay beyond the seas, and their grief while it lasted was without remedy.

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