dada

Other forms of dada

plural

dadas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dada

What does dada mean?

dada means "an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dada?

dada has 2 syllables: da-da. The stress falls on "da". In IPA it is /ˈdɑˌdɑ/.

What is another word for dada?

Close synonyms include dad, daddy, pa, papa, pappa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dada a common word?

dada is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dada?

2 words rhyme with dada. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.