PP

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pp"

English

Noun

PP (countable and uncountable, plural PPs)

2. Initialism of parish priest.
   • 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 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.

4. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polypropylene.
6. (medicine) Initialism of precocious puberty.
8. (medicine) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
10. (video games) Abbreviation of performance points.
12. (grammar) Initialism of prepositional phrase.

    Coordinate terms: NP, VP

    partitive PP

14. (grammar) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
16. (grammar) Initialism of past participle.

    Alternative forms: pp, pp., p.p., p. p.

    Coordinate terms: pres. part., pres.part.

18. (sports) Initialism of power play.
20. (dance) Initialism of promenade position.
22. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pussy pass.
24. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
26. Initialism of public parking.
28. (British, Ireland) Initialism of planning permission.
29. (India, Singapore, Malaysia, law) Initialism of public prosecutor.

Translations

prepositional phrase

• French: SP (fr) m
• German: PP (de) f

Proper noun

PP

1. Initialism of PowerPoint.
   • 2015 September 23, Andrew Smith, “How PowerPoint is killing critical thought”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 December 2018:

     PP’s enthusiasts claim that it emboldens nervous speakers and forces everyone to present information in an ordered way. […] The presentational precursor to PowerPoint was the overhead projector, which is why PP screens are still called “slides”.

2. Initialism of PayPal.
3. Initialism of Planned Parenthood.
4. (video games) Initialism of Puzzle Pirates.
5. (Spanish politics) Initialism of Partido Popular (“People's Party”): a conservative and Christian democratic political party in Spain.
   • 2016 August 28, Martín Caparrós, “Spain: A Country With No Government”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 November 2020:

     Nowadays, for example, voting for the Socialist Party can mean a leftist coalition between the Socialists and Podemos, the anti-establishment party, or a center-right one among the Socialists, the center right Ciudadanos and Partido Popular; a vote for Ciudadanos may yield a right-wing alliance with the P.P. or a centrist one with the Socialists.

   • 2023 November 5, Sam Jones, “PSOE members back Catalan amnesty plan to secure power in Spain”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN, archived from the original on 8 November 2023:

     Although the PP won the most seats, it fell short of a parliamentary majority and has proved unable to form a government, even with the support of the far-right Vox party and other, smaller political groupings.

Phrase

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.

Catalan

Proper noun

PP m

1. initialism of Partit Popular

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Proper noun

PP f

1. (Paris) initialism of Préfecture de police

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpepe/ [ˈpe.pe]
• Rhymes: -epe

Noun

PP

1. (government, law) initialism of peraturan pemerintah
2. (government) initialism of pamong praja
3. (education) initialism of pendidikan dan pengajaran
4. (healthcare) initialism of pulang paksa (“discharge against medical advice”, literally “forced return home”)

Proper noun

PP

1. initialism of Partai Persatuan

Latin

Alternative forms

• PP., P.P., P. P.

Noun

PP m (indeclinable)

1. abbreviation of pāpa (“pope”)

   Synonym: P

Derived terms

• RR PP

Noun

PP

1. plural of P
   1. abbreviation of patrēs (“fathers”)
   2. abbreviation of pāpae (“popes”)

Portuguese

Proper noun

PP m

1. (Brazil, politics) abbreviation of Progressistas (previously known as Partido Progressista), a centre-right to right-wing political party in Brazil.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpeˈpe/ [ˌpeˈpe]
• Rhymes: -e

Proper noun

PP m

1. (Spanish politics) initialism of Partido Popular (“People's Party”)

Further reading

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

Swedish

Proper noun

PP n (genitive PP:s)

1. abbreviation of Piratpartiet (Pirate Party)