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papa.

pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpapa/[ˈpa.pa]
  1. pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

noun/ˈpapa/[ˈpa.pa]
  1. potato

    Andalusia · Canary-Islands · Latin-America · US · feminine
  2. chips, crisps (packaged thin, salted, fried slice of potato)

    Latin-America · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Quechua papa.

noun/ˈpapa/[ˈpa.pa]
  1. very bland soup, or more broadly, food in general

    childish · familiar · feminine
  2. nonsense, trifle, rubbish

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).

noun/ˈpapa/[ˈpa.pa]
  1. dad

    Andalusia · also · familiar · masculine · regional
verb/ˈpapa/[ˈpa.pa]
  1. inflection of papar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of papar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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