papi
French, noun/pa.pi/
papi is spelled P-A-P-I (4 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papi is a French masculine noun meaning “grandad, grandpa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de papy”.
What does papi mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinegrandad, grandpa
- 2
derogatoryinformalmasculineold man, gramps
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de papy.
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 papi
- papis plural
- papy alternative
- mamie feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papi?
- /pa.pi/
- \pa.pi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papi in French?
papi appears 2.7 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).