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Definition of Papa - 4 dictionary results

pa⋅pa

[pah-puh, puh-pah]
–noun
1. father.
2. (initial capital letter) a code word used in communications, esp. by radio, to represent the letter P.

Origin:
1675–85; < F; MF pappa (nursery word); cf. L pāpa father (see pope ), ON pāpi, pabbi father. See pap 1
pa·pa   (pä'pə, pə-pä')   
n.   Informal
Father.

[French; see papa in Indo-European roots.]

Papa

Pa*pa"\, n. [F. papa, L. papa; cf. Gr. ?, ?, a child's word meaning father. Cf. Pope.]

1. A child's word for father.

2. A parish priest in the Greek Church. --Shipley.
Language Translation for : Papa
Spanish: papá,
German: der Papa,
Japanese: パパ

papa 
"father," 1681, from Fr. papa, from L. papa, originally a child's word, cf. Gk. pappa (voc.) "o father," pappas "father," pappos "grandfather." The native word is daddy; first use of papa was in courtly speech, as a continental affectation, not used by common folk until late 18c.
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