Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dada

/ˈdɑːdɑː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: da-da
IPA: /ˈdɑːdɑː/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Dada (“cultural movement”).

Uncountable

noun

A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, nihilism, randomness, and rejection of the prevailing standards in art.

Uncountable

name

Initialism of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Example Sentences

"Ironically enough, it was the anti-war stirrings of Dada that bore out its most immediate influence, first in Switzerland and then post-war Berlin."

Etymology

Imitative of a child's first syllables; see dad.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: dada

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈdɑːdɑː/

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

dadas (plural)

Derived Forms

Dadaesque Dadaist

Phrases

Neo-Dada

Synonyms

dadaism dad daddy pa papa pappa pop

Questions

How do you pronounce dada?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑːdɑː/.
What does dada mean?: Father, dad.
Where does dada come from?: It is traced to French.

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