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4-letter words (1 found)

DADA,

3-letter words (2 found)

ADD,DAD,

2-letter words (3 found)

AA,AD,DA,

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dada adda ddaa ddaa adda dada daad adad daad adad aadd aadd ddaa ddaa dada adda dada adda adad daad aadd aadd daad adad

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Definitions and meaning of dada

dada

Etymology 1

Imitative of a child's first syllables; see dad.

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, Malaysia, Brunei) heroin

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

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈda.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈda.ða]

Etymology 1

Noun

dada f (plural dades)

  1. datum
Derived terms
  • base de dades

Etymology 2

Participle

dada f sg

  1. (obsolete) feminine singular of dat

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, 2024

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dadı 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): /ˈdaː.daː/
  • Hyphenation: da‧da

Etymology 1

From French dada (literally “hobby horse”).

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
    Zeg dada aan oma. ― Say bye-bye to granny.

Adverb

dada

  1. (childish) away
    Oma gaat dada. ― Granny is going away now.

Anagrams

  • daad

Finnish

Etymology

From French dada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑdɑ/, [ˈdɑ̝dɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdɑ
  • Syllabification(key): da‧da

Noun

dada

  1. Dada

Declension

Further reading

  • “dada”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Of imitative origin, from children's speech.

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Garo

Etymology

Likely from Bengali দাদা (dada)

Noun

dada

  1. elder brother

Synonyms

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

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒdɒ]
  • Hyphenation: da‧da
  • Rhymes: -dɒ

Noun

dada (plural dadák)

  1. nurse (a person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young)
    Synonyms: dadus, dajka

Declension

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • dada in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • dada in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Iban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈd̪ad̪a]

Noun

dada

  1. chest

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdä.dä/
  • 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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Modification of adamh (“atom”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠad̪ˠə/

Pronoun

dada

  1. iota, jot, whit, tittle
  2. anything (in a question or negative statement), nothing
    Níl dada ann. ― There's nothing there.
    Ní fheicim dada. ― I can't see anything.

Derived terms

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dadom”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dadaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 219
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dadaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  • 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

Anagrams

  • Adda

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: -adə, -də, -ə

Noun

dada (Jawi spelling دادا, plural dada-dada, informal 1st possessive dadaku, 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

Alternative forms

  • dad, dadu

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dado and/or Sicilian dadu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaː.da/

Noun

dada f (plural dadi)

  1. die, dice (polyhedron used in games of chance)
  2. cube (object more or less in the form of a cube)

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dada/

Etymology 1

From Hindi दादा (dādā).

Noun

dada

  1. paternal grandfather
    Hypernym: granper

Etymology 2

From Marathi दादा (dādā).

Noun

dada

  1. older brother
    Hypernym: frer

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

dada

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -adɐ
  • Hyphenation: da‧da

Pronoun

dada

  1. feminine singular of dado

Adjective

dada f sg

  1. feminine singular of dado

Participle

dada f sg

  1. feminine singular of dado

Salar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tada]

Noun

dada (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. father's brother, paternal uncle

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “dada”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 46

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of dado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdada/ [ˈd̪a.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: da‧da

Participle

dada f sg

  1. feminine singular of dado

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

dada (n class, plural dada)

  1. sister
    Coordinate term: kaka

Derived terms

  • dada mkwe (“sister-in-law”)
  • dada wa kambo (“stepsister”)

Tetum

Noun

dada

  1. pull

Tumbuka

Noun

dada class 1a (plural ŵadada class 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

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Yoruba

Etymology

From Dàda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dà.dā/

Noun

dàda

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dàda (“a child born with matted, curly hair”)
  2. dreadlocks

Source: wiktionary.org