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pope

/ˈpəʊp/POHP
/ˈpoʊp/POHP

Meaningfather

Common meaning: leader of the Catholic Church

Journey through time

  1. Latinpapa‘father’source
  2. Old Englishpapa‘pope’sourceB&T
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfather → leader of the Catholic Churchpope‘leader of the Catholic Church’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin papa ‘father’.

Roots

  • papa Latin “father”

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