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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Origins unclear. Related to Middle Low German pappe, Dutch pap, German Pappe (“pap, porridge; wheatpaste; cardboard”), Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, Bulgarian ????? (papam, “to eat”) and Serbo-Croatian ??????/papati (“to eat”), among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct. The Germanic word is either a borrowing from Latin or, perhaps more probably, an independent formation in baby-talk.

Noun

pap (plural paps)

1. (uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.

2. (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense.
3. (South Africa) Porridge.

4. (informal, derogatory) Support from official patronage.

5. The pulp of fruit.

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Translations

Verb

pap (third-person singular simple present paps, present participle papping, simple past and past participle papped)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To feed with pap.
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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English pappe, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papilla; or perhaps compare Old Swedish papp (“breast, nipple”), from Proto-Germanic *pap- (“nipple”), of imitative origin, or from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”); Swedish dialectal papp, pappe, Swedish patt, Danish patte, North Frisian pap, pape, papke (“breast, pap”).

Noun

pap (plural paps)

1. (archaic) A female breast or nipple. [from 13th c.]
2. (now rare, archaic) A man's breast. [from 15th c.]
3. A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.

Translations

Etymology 3

Shortened form of Pap smear from Georgios Papanikolaou, American physician.

Noun

pap (plural paps)

1. Pap smear

Etymology 4

From Afrikaans pap (“porridge”). Cognate with etymology 1.

Adjective

pap (comparative more pap, superlative most pap)

1. (South Africa, slang) Spineless, wet, without character.

2. (South Africa, slang) Flat.

Translations

Etymology 5

Clipping of paparazzo.

Noun

pap (plural paps)

1. (informal) A paparazzo.
   • 2015, "Justin Bieber's top 10's worst moments", OK! Magazine:

     As he made his way from the London hotel to his car, the singer threatened to beat up a pap who got in his way.

Verb

pap (third-person singular simple present paps, present participle papping, simple past and past participle papped)

1. (informal, usually passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.

Etymology 6

Compare pa, papa, pop.

Noun

pap (plural paps)

1. (informal) Pa; father.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:father

Etymology 7

Verb

pap (third-person singular simple present paps, present participle papping, simple past and past participle papped)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of PAP (“post a picture”).

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: pap

References

Anagrams

• APP, App, PPA, app, app.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pap, from Middle Dutch pappe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pap/

Noun

pap (uncountable)

1. porridge

References

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

Aromanian

Noun

pap m (plural pachi or pãpãnj/pãpenj)

1. grandfather
2. ancestor, forefather
3. old man

Synonyms

• (grandfather): ghiush, tot
• (old man): mosh, aush, bitãrnu

See also

• babã
• omã

Catalan

Etymology

From papar.

Noun

pap m (plural paps)

1. crop, craw

   Synonym: gavatx

2. double chin

   Synonym: papada

3. belly

   Synonym: panxa

Derived terms

• papada

Further reading

• “pap” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

From German Pappe, from Middle High German pappe (“porridge, mush”), a common nursery word for "porridge", compare Upper German Papp, English pap, Latin pappa, p?pa (“an infant's cry for food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p??b?]

Noun

pap n (singular definite pappet, plural indefinite papper)

1. cardboard

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?p/
• Hyphenation: pap
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pappe.

Noun

pap m (plural pappen, diminutive papje n)

1. mush
2. porridge

Derived terms

• bloempap
• gortepap
• griesmeelpap
• rijstepap

Etymology 2

Shorter form of papa, usually considered more grown-up, whereas papa is considered rather child-like.

Noun

pap m (uncountable, diminutive paps n)

1. (colloquial) Pa, dad

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pap

1. first-person singular present indicative of pappen
2. imperative of pappen

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic (probably from a South Slavic) language. Compare Bulgarian ??? (pop), Serbo-Croatian pop, Russian ??? (pop).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?p]
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

pap (plural papok)

1. priest (in Catholic terminology)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

Further reading

• pap 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

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• PAP

Etymology

Borrowed from English pap (sense 7, but likely also from sense 5).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pap/

Noun

pap (first-person possessive papku, second-person possessive papmu, third-person possessive papnya)

1. (slang) A picture obtained as a result of pap.
   • (from sense 4 of the verb) (watch the trailer on Instagram, which contains the scene)

Verb

pap

1. (Internet slang, usually imperative) to take/send/post a picture (especially a photograph), usually as proof of something.
2. (Internet slang, usually imperative) to take/send/post a picture of oneself with their background location visible and/or to take/send/post a picture of a location (in which one is currently in), especially (as proof) to show where one currently is.
3. (slang) to take a picture of something.
4. (slang) to take/send a picture of oneself, especially of their sexual body parts; to send a nude
5. (slang, usually active) to take a picture of someone, usually surreptitiously and without their consent.

Usage notes

• Unlike in English (sense 7 and/or sense 5), none of the meanings above are exclusive to text messaging.

Pohnpeian

Verb

pap

1. to swim

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pap]

Verb

pap

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of p?pa

Zazaki

Noun

pap (c)

1. popcorn

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æv

Etymology 1

Contraction of pavilion.

Noun

pav (plural pavs)

1. (cricket, informal) Clipping of pavilion.
   • 1954, Anthony Buckeridge, According to Jennings, page 80,

     “It?s no good hanging around here. I vote we nip round to the back of the pav,” Jennings suggested. “We might be able to see Mr Findlater and wave to him through the window.”

     They scurried round to the rear of the building where a row of windows overlooked a deserted part of the cricket ground.

   • 2000, Aidan Higgins, The Whole Hog, unnumbered page,

     Up goes the finger and the Dodo snaps to attention, rams the bat under his arm (subaltern with swagger stick) and retreats to the pav with a slowness intended as silent comment on a poor decision.

   • 2008, Fionn Davenport, Dublin City Guide, Lonely Planet, page 166,

     One of the most enjoyable drinking experiences in town can be had on a pleasant summer?s day on the balcony of the Pav, the cricket pavilion overlooking Trinity?s playing fields.

Etymology 2

Contraction of pavlova. Australian from 1966.

Noun

pav (plural pavs)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Clipping of pavlova.
   • 2003, Stephen Downes, Advanced Australian Fare: How Australian Cooking Became the World?s Best, page 6,

     Bert Sachse experimented for a month to create the perfect pav.

   • 2011, Neil Perry, Rockpool Bar & Grill: Desserts, unnumbered page,

     I?m totally biased but I think this is the best pav in the world. It also does nothing to clear up the argument that the pav is in fact from New Zealand and not Australia.

   • 2011, Margaret Fulton, Suzanne Gibbs, Margaret Fulton Favourites, page 194,

     Pavlova, named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, is still just about the most popular party dessert in Australia. […] The following recipe was given to me by a churchgoer who won acclaim for her ‘pavs’ and made at least five a week for members of the congregation.

Etymology 3

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Noun

pav (plural pavs)

1. (India) Bread.

See also

• pav bhaji

Anagrams

• APV, AVP, PVA, VAP, VPA, vap

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pá??/

Noun

p?v m anim (female equivalent p?vica or pavíca)

1. peacock (bird)

Inflection

Further reading

• “pav”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran