papa — meaning in English

English meaning

• dad noun A father; an informal, affectionate word for one's male parent.
• daddy noun A father, especially as used by young children or in affectionate address.
• father noun A male parent.
• pa noun An informal word for father.

Senses

papa is used for these senses in English:

• daddy (slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.
• father A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
• pa (colloquial) Father, papa.

daddy — full definition

1. noun A father, especially as used by young children or in affectionate address.
2. noun Slang: an attractive or dominant older man, often used as a term of admiration or address.

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