different between grandfather vs papi

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???æn(d)?f??ð?(r)/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???æn?f??ð?/
• (General American) enPR: gr?nd?fä'th?r, IPA^(key): /???æn(d)?f?ð?/, [????(?)?????n(d)?f??ð?]
• Hyphenation: grand?fa?ther

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Middle English grandfadre, graundfadir, graunfadir, grauntfader, and other forms, from graunt (“big, large; great, important”) + f??der (“male parent, father; remoter male ancestor”), probably modelled after Middle French grandpere, grant pere (“male parent; remoter male ancestor”) (whence French grand-père); the English word is analysable as grand- +? father. Superseded earlier eldfather, elderfather.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

grandfather (plural grandfathers)

1. A father of someone's parent. [from 15th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grandfather

   Antonyms: (with regard to gender) grandmother, grandchild, granddaughter, (with regard to ancestry) grandson; see also Thesaurus:grandmother
2. (by extension) A male forefather.

   Synonyms: (rare) highfather, grandsire

Hypernyms

• grandparent

Hyponyms

• (father of someone's father): paternal grandfather
• (father of someone's mother): maternal grandfather

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

grandfather (third-person singular simple present grandfathers, present participle grandfathering, simple past and past participle grandfathered)

1. (transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.

Translations

Etymology 2

From grandfather clause: see grandfather (etymology 1) and clause.

Verb

grandfather (third-person singular simple present grandfathers, present participle grandfathering, simple past and past participle grandfathered)

2. (transitive, chiefly US, law) To retain discontinued laws or rules for (a thing, person or organization previously affected by them). [from 1950s]

Derived terms

• grandfathering (noun)

Translations

References

Further reading

• grandfather clause on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• grandparent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pi/

Noun

papi m (plural papis)

1. (usually childish) grandad, grandfather

   Synonym: (formal) grand-père

See also

• mamie

Garo

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ???? (papi).

Noun

papi

1. sinner

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?pi]
• Hyphenation: pa?pi
• Rhymes: -pi

Etymology 1

From pap (“priest”) +? -i (adjective suffix).

Adjective

papi (not comparable)

1. ecclesiastical, clerical, priestly (of or relating to priests)

Declension

Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia. It characterizes the movement of the lips and the sounds during eating.

Noun

papi (plural papik)

1. (childish) food
2. (colloquial, humorous) mushy food

Declension

Derived terms

• papál
• papizik

Etymology 3

From papa (“father”) +? -i (diminutive suffix).

Noun

papi (plural papik)

1. father, pop, dad, daddy, pappy

   Synonyms: apa, papa

2. grandfather, pappy

   Synonyms: nagyapa, papa, nagypapa, nagypapi

Declension

References

Further reading

• (priest-related): papi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (food): papi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?papi/

Noun

papi

1. plural of papo

Italian

Noun

papi m

1. plural of papa

Anagrams

• pipa

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French papi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papi/

Noun

papi

1. grandfather

   Synonym: granper

Norman

Alternative forms

• papier (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French papier, from Latin pap?rus (probably via a northern Italian intermediate and Medieval Latin paperium), from Ancient Greek ??????? (pápuros).

Pronunciation

Noun

papi m (plural papièrs)

1. (Jersey) paper (material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets; official documents)

Derived terms

Related terms

• papet'tie (“stationer's; stationery”)

Quechua

Noun

papi

1. Alternative spelling of p'api

Declension

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pap?]

Noun

papi m pl

1. plural of pap?

Verb

papi

1. second-person singular present indicative of p?pa
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of p?pa

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?papi/, [?pa.pi]

Noun

papi m (plural papis)

1. (colloquial) daddy

Derived terms

• papi chulo

Related terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English puppy.

Noun

papi

1. puppy