Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal Father.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Father: a word used chiefly by children.
- n. A title formerly bestowed in the Christian church on bishops, and often on the inferior clergy, but now restricted to parish priests in the Greek Church.
- n. A baboon; a papio or papion.
- n. The specific name of the king-vulture of tropical America, sarcorhamphus or Gypagus papa. See cut under king-vulture.
- n. A name, both generic and specific, of a coccothraustine bird of the Bonin Islands, Coccothraustes papa or ferrirostris, or Papa ferrirostris. Reichenbach;
- n. In Mexico and Central and South America, the common potato, Solanum tuberosum.
Wiktionary
- n. Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- n. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A child's word for father.
- n. A parish priest in the Greek Church.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Etymologies
- French; see papa in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“She was only sixteen, and he was perfectly splendid; and she has plenty of money, and every one talked about it; and when she went anywhere, people looked, you know, and she liked it; but her papa is an old poke, so he 's sent them all away.”
“Why, '_Samson_'" the child said, -- "_that's what you call papa! _”
“Hideous monster! let me go; My papa is a Syndic — he is M. Frankenstein — he will punish you.”
“Sorry Matthieu, you are adorable, but your papa is chaud!”
“GALLAGHER: It seemed the religious world hung on his every word, but the streets remained silent, and Turks seemed pleased that the man they call papa had come to their country.”
“I don't know; something dreadful must have happened, for mamma and Fan are crying together upstairs, papa is shut up in the library, and Tom is raging round like a bear, in the dining-room.”
“Will it not seem strange when the largest and finest book in papa's library is one written by his Louis?”
“He is interrogating her, how she is called, and where is she from, and how do they call papa, and how do they call mamma.”
“I'll not go down till papa is gone," she thought; "he'll ask me what is the matter with my eyes.”
“Let me call papa -- he must be somewhere in the house -- he will know what to do!" she said, at last, trembling and white.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘papa’.
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Behold, The Potato
All things potato. History, foodways and potato recipe names, cultivar or variety names, farming, production, diseases and pests, folklore.
spud, tater, starchy, tuberous, <i>Solanum tubero..., <i>Phytophthora i..., potato blight, late blight, blight, Ireland, Irish potato, lumper and 327 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
hernesheir Quechua word for potato, borrowed into the Spanish of the New World. Jun 12, 2010
chained_bear *daintily enjoys National Cupcake Day with ereethtee* Aug 18, 2008
reesetee Ethticky? Haha!
*daintily picks up another dainty cupcake and places it daintily on chained_bear's single daintily extended claw. Verrrry daintily.* Aug 18, 2008
sionnach in lunfardo: cancer, a hole in the socks, something beautiful, a beautiful young woman, drugs.
(in other words, a term to be avoided by non-natives, methinks). Aug 18, 2008
sionnach bearclaws .... so ethticky ... and laden with calories ... much more calories than cupcakes ... have a medialuna inthtead. Perhaps with some MATE.
Sí, reesetee. I am having the most awesome time of my life aquí. In case there was any doubt about it.
Waves frantically at all fellow wordies, while preparing to leave the internet café.
Chau-chau! Aug 16, 2008
chained_bear Hey! Hey! Can you blame me for being cautious of people (or reesetees) who have a demonstrated history of smearing bears' fur with icing?
Well? Can you?
*daintily approaches proffered cupcake with a single daintily extended claw* Aug 15, 2008
reesetee What? What? I was handing it to you! It was a gesture of thanks!
Some bears and their sticky fur.... Aug 15, 2008
super-logos Bear should go the lair and enjoy the friends hanging out there. There is a crest to protect, don't forget. Aug 15, 2008
chained_bear AAAAGH!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!! *runs away* Aug 15, 2008
reesetee Ah, much better. *settling back down* Thanks, c_b. Have a cupcake. :-) Aug 15, 2008
chained_bear No need to get horrified, then.
See word papa. Aug 15, 2008
reesetee Testy? Horrified might be more like it. ;-)
But you didn't have to remove it. Maybe make it a little more specific . . . say, Word Papa? Aug 15, 2008
super-logos Fried Popes? Henry VIII must be salivating in his grave. Aug 15, 2008
chained_bear Well, all right, I'll take it off. No need to get testy. Aug 15, 2008
bilby Whahahaha! Aug 15, 2008
reesetee Oh, for the love of....
NO! Aug 15, 2008
chained_bear For its placement on the "What Is a Reesetee, Anyway?" list... EDIT: removed from said list. Aug 15, 2008
reesetee True! Thanks for the reminder. ;-) Jul 5, 2007
seanahan Remember, you can't eat Fried Popes on Friday's during Lent. Jul 4, 2007
reesetee I just *love* fried popes. You can't get them around here! Jul 4, 2007
john Years ago in Chile a restaurant owner very proudly gave me a translated menu, on which her daughter had written the English name of each item in pencil, beneath the Spanish name. Their steak with fried popes was excellent. Jul 4, 2007
uselessness Also, Pope in Spanish (when capitalized). Not a confusion you want to make in some circles. Jul 4, 2007
nheiges Potato in Spanish Jul 4, 2007