different between pampas vs papas

English

Etymology

From (plural of) American Spanish pampa, from Quechua pampa (“land, ground”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pamp?s/

Noun

pampas (plural pampas)

1. The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.

Derived terms

• pampas deer
• pampas grass
• pampasic

Anagrams

• MAPPAs, appams

English

Noun

papas

1. plural of papa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa?pas

Noun

papas

1. an eraser
2. a chalkboard eraser
3. an erasure

Verb

papas

1. to erase

French

Noun

papas m pl

1. plural of papa

Anagrams

• appas

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese papas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?papa?s/

Noun

papas f pl

1. pap; porridge

Derived terms

• papas de avea

Related terms

• papar

References

• “papas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “papas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “papas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “papas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “papas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (pappos).

Noun

papas m (genitive singular papais, nominative plural papais)

1. (botany) pappus

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "papas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “papas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Latin

Verb

pap?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of pap?

References

• papas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• papas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

papas m

1. plural of papa

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?papas/, [?pa.pas]

Noun

papas f pl

1. plural of papa

Tagalog

Adjective

papás

1. unroofed; blown off (of the roof)

Derived terms

• papasin