Pope

See also: pope and popé

English

Etymology

From pope; also used in Ireland/Scotland as a surname meaning "papa, father."

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəʊp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /poʊp/

Proper noun

Pope

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
   2. A township in Fayette County, Illinois.
   3. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
   4. A village in Panola County, Mississippi.

Derived terms

• Popean
• Pope County
• Popeiana

See also

• Alexander Pope, English poet

Noun

Pope (plural Popes)

1. Alternative letter-case form of pope.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pope.

Further reading

• “Pope”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• EPPO, peop., pepo

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian поп (pop, “priest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːpə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Pope m (weak, genitive Popen, plural Popen)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) Russian-Orthodox priest or cleric

Declension

Declension of Pope [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pope	die	Popen
genitive	eines	des	Popen	der	Popen
dative	einem	dem	Popen	den	Popen
accusative	einen	den	Popen	die	Popen

Related terms

• Protopope

Further reading

• “Pope” in Duden online
• “Pope”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)