"pope" in seven languages
Meaningpope
Spanish
papa
/ˈpapa/
masc.inherited
El papa is the pope; la papa is a potato in Latin America.
French
pape
/pap/
masc.inherited
Italian
papa
/ˈpapa/
masc.inherited
Il papa (stress on the first a) vs papà 'dad'.
Portuguese
papa
/ˈpapɐ/
masc.inherited
Romanian
papă
/ˈpapə/
masc.learned
Usually with the article: Papa.
Catalan
papa
/ˈpapə/
masc.inherited
English
pope
/poʊp/
from Latin/French · Old English pāpa, from Latin
English → ItalianpopepapaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PĀPAM‘father, bishop (Greek páppas 'daddy')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The pope is literally 'daddy', from a Greek baby word. Italian keeps papa (pope) and papà (dad) apart only by stress.
English relatives: papal, papacy
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esEl papa habló a la multitud.
- frLe pape a parlé à la foule.
- itIl papa ha parlato alla folla.
- ptO papa falou à multidão.
- roPapa a vorbit mulțimii.
- caEl papa va parlar a la multitud.
- enThe pope spoke to the crowd.
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