paddy

Other forms of paddy

plural

paddies·

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 paddy

What does paddy mean?

paddy means "(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paddy?

paddy has 2 syllables: pad-dy. The stress falls on "pad". In IPA it is /ˈpædi/.

What is another word for paddy?

Close synonyms include Mick, Mickey, paddy field, rice paddy. 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 paddy a common word?

paddy 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.