pa
Father, papaFather, papa.
» He committed a faux pas when he asked whether she was pregnant.
Er beging einen Fauxpas, indem er fragte, ob sie schwanger sei. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Він проявив безтактність, запитавши її, чи вона вагітна. — deniko
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(colloquial)Father, papa.
Vati
па́паpápa
(colloquial)Grandpa, grandfather.
Opa
де́душкаdéduška
(New Zealand, historical)A fortified Maori settlement, especially of pre-European times.
(New Zealand)Any Maori village or settlement; a kainga.
- 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. — deniko
deEr beging einen Fauxpas, indem er fragte, ob sie schwanger sei. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom made a faux pas.
Том виявив безтактність. — deniko
deTom beging einen Fauxpas. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mary made a faux pas.
Мері виявила безтактність. — deniko
deMaria beging einen Fauxpas. — wolfgangth
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. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Pa-aling is a controversial fishing method.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Clipping of papa. Borrowed from Māori pā.Forms
plural: pasSynonyms
26 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.
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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