pap

CEFRC2

/pæp/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Soft, easily swallowed food or a thick, tasteless mixture.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Pablum or nonsense.

Examples

  • A Pap test can help detect cervical cancer early on.

  • Before our baby could eat solid food, we fed her pap.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /pap/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. The pulp of fruit.

  3. Support from official patronage.

More examples

In context

  • I'd like to have a Pap smear done.

  • Pap and wors are traditionally eaten at a braai.

  • Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English pap. Related to Middle Low German pappe, Dutch pap, German Pappe (“pap, porridge; wheatpaste; cardboard”), Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, Bulgarian папам (papam, “to eat”) and Serbo-Croatian папати/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.