PP

See also: pp, pp., p&p, P-P, P&P, p.p., p. p., and Appendix:Variations of "pp"

English

Noun

PP (countable and uncountable, plural PPs)

1. Initialism of parish priest.
   • 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Faber & Faber 2014, p. 11:

     Whose is that car? Do you see it she said, parking at the gate? Oh God let it not be the PP and the state of the place.

2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
3. (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
4. (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
5. (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
6. (sports) Initialism of power play.
7. (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
8. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
9. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
10. Initialism of public parking.

Translations

prepositional phrase

• French: SP (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: PP (de) f

Proper noun

PP

1. Initialism of PowerPoint.
2. Initialism of PayPal.
3. Initialism of Planned Parenthood.
4. (video games) Initialism of Puzzle Pirates.

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) PP

1. Initialism of play or pay.
   • 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

     ‘Well, I’ll bet you half a dozen of claret on it; come!’ said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire, resuming the conversation to which Mr. Pell’s entrance had caused a momentary interruption.
     […] ‘I never bet half a dozen!’ said the other gentleman. ‘I’ll take a dozen.’
     ‘Done, Simmery, done!’ said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire.
     ‘P. P., mind,’ observed the other.

References

• (organic chemistry) Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.

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Catalan

Proper noun

PP m

1. Initialism of Partit Popular.

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French

Proper noun

PP f

1. (Paris) Initialism of Préfecture de police.

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Indonesian

Noun

PP

1. (government, law) Initialism of peraturan pemerintah.
2. (government) Initialism of pamong praja.
3. (education) Initialism of pendidikan dan pengajaran.

Proper noun

PP

1. Initialism of Partai Persatuan.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpeˈpe/ [ˌpeˈpe]

Proper noun

PP m

1. Initialism of Partido Popular (“People's Party”).

Further reading

• People's Party (Spain) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Swedish

Proper noun

PP n (genitive PP:s)

1. Abbreviation of Piratpartiet (Pirate Party)