Pa
Father, dad, papaFather, dad, papa.
» He committed a faux pas when he asked whether she was pregnant.
Er beging einen Fauxpas, indem er fragte, ob sie schwanger sei.
Він проявив безтактність, запитавши її, чи вона вагітна.
Meaning
2 senses(informal, uncountable)Father, dad, papa.
Hey, Pa, I'd like you to meet my friend.
(uncountable)A short form of grandpa; grandfather.
- a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
- a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Harrisburg
- a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Examples
10 sentencesHe committed a faux pas when he asked whether she was pregnant.
Він проявив безтактність, запитавши її, чи вона вагітна.
deEr beging einen Fauxpas, indem er fragte, ob sie schwanger sei.
Tom made a faux pas.
Том виявив безтактність.
deTom beging einen Fauxpas.
Mary made a faux pas.
Мері виявила безтактність.
deMaria beging einen Fauxpas.
Tom made a driving faux pas and nearly died from the glares of annoyance from the other drivers.
Том зробив невеличку помилку за кермом автівки, і мало не помер від роздратованих поглядів інших водіїв.
Pa-aling is a controversial fishing method.
Synonyms
70 synonyms- a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter:pascal
- a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Harrisburg:PennsylvaniaKeystone StatePa.
- a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead:protactiniumprotoactiniumatomic number 91
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk:daddadadaddypapapappapop
- an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas:public address systemP.A. systemPA systemP.A.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable