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English

Etymology 1

Noun

dada (plural dadas)

1. (childish) Father, dad.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dada (uncountable)

1. (informal, Southeast Asia) Illegal drugs.

Etymology 3

Noun

dada (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Dada (“cultural movement”).

Anagrams

• Adad, adda, daad

Acehnese

Noun

dada

1. (anatomy) breast

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Caló

Alternative forms

• dadá

Noun

dada m

1. (endearing) father

   Synonyms: batico, bato

References

• “dada” in Flamenco - Caló, El Flamenco.
• “dada” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?da.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?da.da/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin data (“the date of a document”).

Noun

dada f (plural dades)

1. datum

Derived terms

• base de dades

Etymology 2

Verb

dada f sg

1. (obsolete) past participle of dar

Further reading

• “dada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “dada” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian ????? (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dad? and Serbo-Croatian dàdilja.

Noun

dada

1. (Northern) older sister

   Synonyms: apte, abla, tata

Declension

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

dada

1. aunt

   Synonym: manay

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.da?/
• Hyphenation: da?da

Etymology 1

Borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

dada n (uncountable)

1. dada, the cultural movement

   Synonym: dadaïsme

Adjective

dada (invariable, comparative meer dada, superlative meest dada)

1. Related to the dada art movement.
2. bizarre, irrational, like dada art

Etymology 2

Interjection

dada

1. (childish) bye-bye

Adverb

dada

1. (childish) away

Anagrams

• daad

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.da/

Noun

dada m (plural dadas)

1. (childish) horse
2. hobby horse

Further reading

• “dada” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Garo

Etymology

Likely from Bengali ???? (dada)

Noun

dada

1. elder brother

Synonyms

• adagipa (formal)
• adatang (formal)
• ada

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?d?]
• Hyphenation: da?da
• Rhymes: -d?

Noun

dada (plural dadák)

1. nurse

Declension

Related terms

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?ad?a]
• Hyphenation: da?da

Noun

dada (plural dada-dada, first-person possessive dadaku, second-person possessive dadamu, third-person possessive dadanya)

1. (anatomy) chest: the portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
2. (anatomy) chest cavity, thoracic cavity.

   Synonyms: rongga dada, ruang dada

Affixed terms

Compounds

Further reading

• “dada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Alternative forms

• dadadh, dadaí, dadaidh, dadamh
• dada? (superseded)
• tada (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Modification of adamh (“atom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??ad???/

Pronoun

dada

1. iota, jot, whit, tittle
2. anything (in a question or negative statement), nothing

Derived terms

References

• "dada" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dadom”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “dada?” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 219.
• “dada?” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Entries containing “dada” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “dada” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Noun

dada m (invariable)

1. (art) Dada

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Noun

dada

1. father, dad

Etymology 2

Noun

dada

1. a dance where the feet are made to imitate the beating of a drum

Etymology 3

Adjective

dada

1. (Tankarana, Tambahoaka) Synonym of dadoa

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /da.de/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /da.da/
• Rhymes: -ad?, -d?, -?

Noun

dada (Jawi spelling ?????, plural dada-dada, informal 1st possessive dadaku, impolite 2nd possessive dadamu, 3rd possessive dadanya)

1. chest

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: dada

See also

• payudara (“breast”)

Further reading

• “dada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "dada" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dada/

Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew ????? (da?, “teat”), Aramaic ???????? (dadd?, “teat”). Either a Punic substrate or a dialectal formation parallel to the Hebrew and Aramaic; for the formation compare Hebrew ????? (z?z, “abundance, teat, protuberance”), Akkadian ???????????? (/z?zu/, “teat”), Aramaic ???????? / ????? (bizz?, “teat”), ???????? (buzz?, “teat”), Ugaritic ???????? (b?, “teat”), Arabic ????? (bizz, “teat”).

Noun

dada f (plural dadi)

1. chest; breast

Etymology 2

From Italian dado or Sicilian dadu, with gender change.

Noun

dada f (plural dadi)

1. die (singular form of dice)

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dada/

Etymology 1

From Hindi ???? (d?d?)

Noun

dada

1. paternal grandfather

   Hypernym: granper

Etymology 2

From Marathi ???? (d?d?)

Noun

dada

1. older brother

   Hypernym: frer

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

dada

1. first/third-person singular imperfect active of dad?ti (“to give”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?da.d?/

Pronoun

dada

1. feminine singular of dado

Adjective

dada f sg

1. feminine singular of dado

Verb

dada

1. feminine singular past participle of dar

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of dado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dada/, [?d?a.ð?a]

Verb

dada f sg

1. Feminine singular past participle of dar.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

dada (n class, plural dada)

1. sister

   Coordinate term: kaka

Tumbuka

Noun

dada 1a (plural ?adada 2)

1. father, dad

Coordinate terms

• mama

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-dada

1. to swim

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Yoruba

Noun

dada^?

1. a child born with knotted, curly hair

English

Noun

dama (uncountable)

1. The game of Turkish draughts.

See also

• dama gazelle

Anagrams

• A.A.M.D., Adam

Asturian

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. (chess) queen

See also

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina, whence also dona.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?da.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?da.ma/

Noun

dama f (plural dames)

1. lady (graceful, elegant or noble woman)
2. (chess) queen

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish damas.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da?ma

Noun

dama

1. the game of checkers
2. (checkers) a king
3. a demijohn

Verb

dama

1. (checkers) to crown a king

Cornish

Noun

dama f (plural damyow)

1. mother, dam

Synonyms

• mamm/mabm

Derived terms

• dama-wydn

See also

• sira/syra

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ma/
• Homophones: damas, damât

Verb

dama

1. third-person singular past historic of damer

Anagrams

• Adam

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame.

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady, dame, woman of high status
2. (chess) queen

Synonyms

• (chess queen): raíña

See also

Garo

Etymology

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dama

1. drum

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?ma/
• Rhymes: -a?ma

Noun

dama f (genitive singular dömu, nominative plural dömur)

1. lady (also used as a third person address)

Declension

Derived terms

• dömur mínar og herrar

See also

• frú
• lafði

Anagrams

• Adam

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish damas.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da?ma
• IPA^(key): /?dama/

Noun

dama

1. (board games) checkers (US); draughts (UK)

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame. Doublet of donna.

Noun

dama f (plural dame)

1. lady
2. (board games, in the singular) draughts / checkers
3. king (in draughts/checkers)
4. draughtboard / checkerboard
5. queen (playing card)

Synonyms

• (lady): donna (archaic), lady, signora

Verb

dama

1. third-person singular present indicative of damare
2. second-person singular imperative of damare

Jamamadí

Verb

dama

1. (Banawá) to hold securely

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

dama

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Kashubian

Noun

dama f

1. lady
2. weir
3. pavement

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (damà) IPA^(key): [d???m?]
• (dãma) IPA^(key): [?d?ä??m?]

Noun

damà f (plural dãmos) stress pattern 2

1. lady
2. (card games) queen

Declension

See also

• (lady): ponia
• (queen): karalien?

References

Anagrams

• mada

Maquiritari

Noun

dama

1. The ocean or sea, which surrounds the earth and is connected via underground rivers to Lake Akuena in the mythological Sky.

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
• de Civrieux, Marc. Watunna.

Maranao

Etymology

From Spanish damas.

Noun

dama

1. checkers, draughts

Derived terms

• damadama (“checkered”)

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• damen

Noun

dama m or f

1. definite feminine singular of dame

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dama f (definite singular dama, indefinite plural damer or damor, definite plural damene or damone)

1. definite singular of dame
2. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by dame

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?a/

Verb

·dama

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of daimid

Mutation

Polish

Etymology

From French dame, Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da.ma/

Noun

dama f

1. lady
2. (card games) queen

Declension

See also

Further reading

• dama in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• dama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?d?.m?/
• Hyphenation: da?ma
• Rhymes: -ama

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

1. lady
2. (chess) queen
3. (card games) queen

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dama]

Noun

dama f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of dam?

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ma/
• Hyphenation: da?ma

Noun

dáma f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. lady
2. (chess, card games) queen

Declension

See also

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dà?ma/

Noun

dáma f

1. lady
2. (chess) queen
3. (card games) queen

Inflection

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dama/, [?d?a.ma]
• Hyphenation: da?ma

Noun

dama f (plural damas, masculine caballero, masculine plural caballeros)

1. lady, dame

   Synonyms: señora, ama

2. (chess) queen

   Synonym: reina

Derived terms

See also

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese damas.

Pronunciation

Noun

dama (n class, no plural)

1. draughts, checkers

Synonyms

• drafti

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /d??ma/

Etymology 1

Noun

damá

1. feeling; perception

   Synonyms: damdam, pakiramdam

2. opinion about something

   Synonyms: kuro, kuru-kuro, palagay

Adjective

damá

1. felt; perceived

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?da.ma/

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish damas.

Noun

dáma

1. checkers; draughts
2. (checkers) a king

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Spanish dama (“lady, dame”).

Noun

dáma

1. maid of honor; lady-in-waiting

   Synonym: abay

Related terms

• dama de noche, dama de-notse
• damahuwana