Noun: papa
Sample Sentences
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they are all of the Orthodox Church, and obey devoutly the precepts of Papa Athanasius [1892, Fergus Hume, The Island of Fantasy: A Romance:]
Nouns inflected like papa
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, probably originally a reduplicated imitation of a child's early efforts at vocalising Latin pater (“father”). Compare Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”). See: French Nouns '
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Verbs referencing "papa"
Icelandic Nouns
pabbi.