papa
French, noun/pa.pa/
papa is spelled P-A-P-A (4 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written French, the 2,223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papa is a French masculine noun meaning “papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Père, nom par lequel un enfant appelle son père (y compris à l’âge adulte) pour le désigner affectueusement”.
What does papa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepapa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy
Papa, on va où ?
- 2
masculinepops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Père, nom par lequel un enfant appelle son père (y compris à l’âge adulte) pour le désigner affectueusement. 2. Homme d’un certain âge, qui a de la corpulence et un air de bonté. 3. Homme ou garçon plus âgé que ceux qui parlent de lui.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of papa
- papas plural
- maman feminine
- pôpa
- p’pa
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papa?
- /pa.pa/
- \pa.pa\
- [ˈpa.pa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papa in French?
papa appears 37 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).