dada

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

dada (plural dadas)

1. (childish) Father, dad.

dada (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Dada (“cultural movement”).

• Adad, adda, daad

dada

1. (anatomy) breast

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

• dadá

dada m

1. (endearing) father

   Synonyms: batico, bato

• “dada” in Flamenco - Caló, El Flamenco.
• “dada” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

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

dada f (plural dades)

1. datum

• base de dades

dada f sg

1. (obsolete) feminine singular of dat

• “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, 2025.

From Ottoman Turkish دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”), from Persian دادا (dâdâ, “nanny, nurse”). Compare Turkish dadı and Serbo-Croatian dàdilja.

dada

1. (Northern) older sister

   Synonyms: apte, abla, tata

dada

1. aunt

   Synonym: manay

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.daː/

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• Hyphenation: da‧da

From French dada (literally “hobby horse”).

dada n (uncountable)

1. dada, the cultural movement

   Synonym: dadaïsme

dada (invariable, comparative meer dada, superlative meest dada)

1. related to the dada art movement
2. bizarre, irrational, like dada art

dada

1. (childish) bye-bye

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

dada

1. (childish) away

   Oma gaat dada. ― Granny is going away now.

• daad

From French dada.

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

dada

1. Dada

• “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 2 July 2023

Of imitative origin, from children's speech.

• IPA^(key): /da.da/

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dada m (plural dadas)

1. (childish) horse
2. hobby horse

• “dada”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Likely from Bengali দাদা (dada)

dada

1. elder brother

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

An onomatopoeia.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒdɒ]

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• Hyphenation: da‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

dada (plural dadák)

1. nurse (a person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young)

   Synonyms: dadus, dajka

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ad̪a]

dada

1. chest

• Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[2], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdada/ [ˈda.da]

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: da‧da

dada (plural dada)

1. (anatomy) chest, thorax
2. (anatomy) chest cavity, thoracic cavity

   Synonyms: rongga dada, ruang dada

• “dada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

Modification of adamh (“atom”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠad̪ˠə/

dada

1. iota, jot, whit, tittle
2. (chiefly in the negative) anything, nothing

   Níl dada ann. ― There's nothing there.

   Ní fheicim dada. ― I can't see anything.

• dada beo

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dada”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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, page 300; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dada”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dada”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

dada m (invariable)

1. (art) Dada

• Adda

dada

1. father, dad

dada

1. a dance where the feet are made to imitate the beating of a drum

dada

1. (Tankarana, Tambahoaka) synonym of dadoa

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /da.de/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /da.da/
• Rhymes: -adə, -də, -ə

dada (Jawi spelling دادا, plural dada-dada)

1. chest

• Indonesian: dada

• payudara (“breast”)

• “dada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• dad, dadu

Borrowed from Italian dado and/or Sicilian dadu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.da/

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)

• IPA^(key): /dada/

From Hindi दादा (dādā).

dada

1. paternal grandfather

   Hypernym: granper

From Marathi दादा (dādā).

dada

1. older brother

   Hypernym: frer

dada

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

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: da‧da

dada

1. feminine singular of dado

dada f sg

1. feminine singular of dado

dada f sg

1. feminine singular of dado

• IPA^(key): [tada]

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

1. father's brother, paternal uncle

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

Feminine of dado.

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

dada f sg

1. feminine singular of dado

Probably from Ewe dàdá (“aunt”), Gen dadá (“aunt”)^[1]

dada

1. Form of address for an aunt

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dada class IX (plural dada class X)

1. sister

   Coordinate term: kaka

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

Related to daldal.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈdaʔ/ [d̪ɐˈd̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: da‧da

dadâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ)

1. meaningless chatter; gibberish; impertinent talk

   Synonyms: daldal, dakdak, satsat, yakyak, yapyap, ngalngal

• “dada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

dada

1. pull

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tààtá.

dada class 1a (plural ŵadada class 2)

1. father, dad

• mama

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-dada

1. to swim

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From Dàda.

• IPA^(key): /dà.dā/

dàda

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