Definition of 'daddy'
Word forms: plural daddies
countable noun
Children often call their father daddy.
[informal]
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daddy in American English
(ˈdædi) (noun plural -dies, verb -died, -dying)
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daddy
- American English: daddy /ˈdædi/
- Arabic: بابا
- Brazilian Portuguese: papai
- Chinese: 爸爸
- Croatian: tata
- Czech: tatínek
- Danish: far
- Dutch: pappa
- European Spanish: papaíto
- Finnish: isi
- French: papa
- German: Vati
- Greek: μπαμπάκας
- Italian: papà
- Japanese: パパ
- Korean: 아빠
- Norwegian: pappa
- Polish: tatuś
- European Portuguese: papá
- Romanian: tătic
- Russian: папочка
- Latin American Spanish: papi
- Swedish: pappa
- Thai: พ่อ
- Turkish: babacığım
- Ukrainian: татусь
- Vietnamese: bố
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