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daddy

daddy

1.0
An informal name a child uses for their father
  • noun
  • /ˈdædi/
  • Baby Talk
translation icon : papi
  • Every night, my daddy reads me a story before bed.
  • Mommy and daddy
  • tell daddy
  • daddy says

When I say it's daddy, she goes mad.

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Examples

Synonyms

father
vsdaddy
1.0

A man who has a child

is much more informal and chiefly used by children
dad
vsdaddy
  • Informal
1.0

A man who is your father

is more child-directed and often used specifically by young speakers
old man
vsdaddy
  • Informal
312 1.4

A casual word for one's father

is more tender and typically chosen by young children
pop
vsdaddy
  • Informal
252 8.2

A person's father, used as a friendly name

is more child-focused and usually sounds more playful
papi
vsdaddy
  • Informal
98 9.0

A father or grandfather someone calls in a loving way

is more child-specific and less tied to cultural usage
papa
vsdaddy
  • Baby Talk
83 1.6

An informal word a child uses for their father

is similar but more tied to child speech and childish tone
baba
vsdaddy
  • Informal
43 8.5

A warm word some families use for father or grandfather

is more child-centered and less culturally specific in tone
pa
vsdaddy
  • Informal
35 8.2

A father's informal name

is more childlike and often chosen by younger speakers
padre
vsdaddy
30 6.2

A Catholic priest in Spanish-speaking countries or a father

is narrowly the childish, affectionate parental form rather than formal role
dada
vsdaddy
  • Baby Talk
16 9.1

A young child's word for father

is the slightly fuller childish form used as children grow
appa
vsdaddy
  • Indian
3 9.1

A word children use for their father in South Asian families

is more universally childish and less regionally marked
poppa
vsdaddy
  • Informal
2 8.2

A familiar loving name a child uses for their father

is more explicitly childish and often used by small children
pappa
vsdaddy
  • Baby Talk
1 8.1

A word children use for their father

leans more strongly toward childish use and playful tone
paps
vsdaddy
  • Informal
9.9

A friendly name for your father

is more childlike and often used by very young speakers
popie
vsdaddy
  • Slang
9.9

A loving nickname for a child's grandfather or sometimes father

is more for direct child speech rather than slangy family talk

Compounds

16 7.4

An older rich man who gives money and gifts to a younger person for romantic or sexual attention

big daddy
  • Slang
1 8.1

An important person who makes key decisions for a group

1 3.6

A large fly with very long legs that looks like a mosquito but does not bite

A small animal like a spider, not a fly, with a round body and very long thin legs

sky daddy
  • Slur
9.9

A joking or insulting name for a god that people say when they doubt its help

How Affectionate

daddy
  • Baby Talk
1.0
papa
  • Baby Talk
83 1.6
dad
  • Informal
1.0
father
1.0

Surface Forms

daddy singular
daddies plural

Morphology

daddy = dad (transparent) = dad + y

A common hypocoristic/diminutive formation from 'dad' using -y; meaning is straightforward for learners who know 'dad'.

Etymology

Daddy comes from baby talk like dad and dada, simple repeated sounds that children make, and it became a warm word for 'father'.