pappa

pappa (plural pappas)

1. Alternative spelling of papa.
   • 1942 December 22, Herbert L[ionel] Matthews, “Americans Swarm in Misty Calcutta […]”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Out in the opalescent moonlit street beggars creep around like leeches and hang on block after block whining the invariable formula, "No mamma, no pappa, no baksheesh," until the harassed soldier either buys them off or runs away.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 1952 March 9, Horace W. Grenell, “Children’s Needs: Creative Slant Required For the Youngsters”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     It is quite safe to say that there is no such thing as a “hit” children’s record unless the material is aimed directly at mamma pappa on a grade “D” movie or TV show level.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 1970 December 29, Arthur Daley, “Sports of The Times”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Twin double‐headers over the last week end took pappa out of circulation for two days in a row and undoubtedly inspired angry words in many households. But momma can relax next weekend.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 2013 April 23, Post Staff Report, “Madonna’s homeless brother busted after allegedly refusing to leave bathroom”, in New York Post‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 November 2020:

     A family friend said Ciccone’s pappa has every right to preach to his son, asking him to kick the bottle before loved ones can help.

   • [2022 January 27, Finn Mackay, “In this debate over ‘missing words’, it’s marginalised people who are most at risk”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[5], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 January 2022:

     Those of us who are lesbian or gay parents, mothers or fathers, have found new words to help others understand us and make our lives visible and valid: othermothers, gaybies, co-parents, daddy and pappa, MaPa, mummies and mummas. Not bad, considering we weren’t even allowed to exist a few years ago.]

pappa m

1. (Gressoney) dad, daddy, papa

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.paː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pap‧pa

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

1. (less common) alternative form of papa

From Swedish pappa.

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

pappa

1. (dialectal) dad

   Synonym: isi

2. (colloquial) grandpa, grandfather

   Synonyms: isoisä, ukki, vaari

• “pappa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

From Latin pappa (“food for children”).

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

pappa f (plural pappe)

1. baby food
2. pap, mush

• broda
• brodaglia

• pappare

pappa

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

From pappare.

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

pappa m (invariable)

1. hustler, pimp

   Synonyms: protettore, pappone, lenone

pappā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pappō

Probably of childish, onomatopoeic origin.

pappa f

1. the word with which infants call for food^[1]

• pappō

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

• “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

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

1. dad, daddy

• far

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

From Latin papa.

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

1. dad, daddy

• (father): far m, fader m

• mamma f (“mum, mom”)

• “pappa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): [²papːa]

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pappa c

1. dad, father

   Coordinate term: mamma

   Hon älskar sin pappa

   She loves her dad

   Han har blivit pappa

   He has become a father

   See vara for why there is no article.

   mamma och pappa

   Mom and Dad

The most common and neutral word for father.

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

• mamma

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