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121papa — /pah peuh, peuh pah /, n. 1. father. 2. (cap.) a code word used in communications, esp. by radio, to represent the letter P. [1675 85; < F; MF pappa (nursery word); cf. L papa father (see POPE), ON papi, pabbi father. See PAP1] * * * ▪ Hungary… …
122Papiamento — /pah pyah men taw/; Eng. /pah pyeuh men toh/, n. a creolized language based on Spanish and spoken on Curaçao. * * * ▪ language also spelled Papiamentu, creole language based on Spanish, spoken on the islands of Curaçao, Aruba, and… …
123paseo — /pah say oh/; Sp. /pah se aw/, n., pl. paseos / say ohz/; Sp. / se aws/. 1. a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll. 2. a public place or path designed for walking; promenade. 3. (esp. in Spanish speaking countries) a usually tree lined… …
124pâté — /pah tay , pa /; Fr. /pah tay , pa /, n., pl. pâtés / tayz /; Fr. / tay / 1. French Cookery. a paste or spread made of puréed or finely chopped liver, meat, fish, game, etc., served as an hors d oeuvre. 2. See foie gras. [1695 1705; < F; see… …
125Pater Patriae — /pah terdd pah trddee uy /; Eng. /pay teuhr pay tree ee , pat euhr pa tree ee / Latin. father of his country. * * * ▪ ancient Roman title Latin“father of the Fatherland” in ancient Rome, a title originally accorded (in the form parens urbis …
126pato — /pah toh/; Sp. /pah taw/, n. an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the… …
127patres conscripti — /pah trddes kohn skrddip tee/; Eng. /pay treez keuhn skrip tuy, tee, pah , pa /, Latin. See conscript fathers. * * * …
128bouton de passage — (pah sahjґ) bouton en passant (pah sahntґ) a buttonlike swelling on an axon at a synapse that is not at the end of the axon. Cf. en passant synapse …
