Dada

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English

Noun

dada

  1. (child language) father
  2. A cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by nihilism, deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, chance, randomness, and the rejection of the prevailing standards in art.

Dutch (Flemish)

Adverb

  1. (child language): away

Example of use: Oma gaat dada. (Granny is going away now.)

Interjection

  1. (child language): bye-bye

Example of use: Zeg dada aan oma. (Say bye-bye to granny.)


French

Pronunciation

Noun

dada

  1. (child’s language) horse

Hungarian

Noun

dada

  1. nurse

Malay

Noun

  1. chest; breast

Swahili

Noun

dada

  1. sisterfr:dada

nl:dada pl:dada pt:dada zh:dada

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