paap
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pape (“priest, secular cleric”), from Latin papa, from Ancient Greek παπᾶς (papâs). Cognate to German Pfaffe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paːp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: paap
- Rhymes: -aːp
Noun
paap m (plural papen, diminutive paapje n)
- (derogatory) Slur for a Roman Catholic cleric.
- (by extension, derogatory, now chiefly humorous) papist (slur for any Roman Catholic)
Related terms
- papaal
- paus
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