papy
French, noun/pa.pi/
papy is spelled P-A-P-Y (4 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papy is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of papi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand-père”.
What does papy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of papi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand-père. 2. Homme âgé.
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 papy
- papys plural
- mamie feminine
- papi
- pépé
- papet
- pépère
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papy?
- /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 papy
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papy in French?
papy appears 3.6 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).