pp.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pp"

English

Etymology

Abbreviation. Use in "pages" has been reduplicated to indicate plurality.

Noun

pp.

1. Abbreviation of pages (plural of p.)

   Alternative form: pp

   • 2020 April 27, Meg Medina, “A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 December 2022:

     Life on Martha’s Vineyard has been mostly ideal for 11-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lambert, the protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s historical novel SHOW ME A SIGN (Scholastic, 288 pp., $18.99; ages 8 to 12).

2. Abbreviation of past participle.

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

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

Translations

pages

• Finnish: s. (fi), (dated) ss.
• French: p. (fr), pp. (fr) (nonstandard)
• German: S. (de)
• Greek: σσ. (ss.)
• Hebrew: עמ׳
• Japanese: pp. (pp.)
• Malay: hlm, ms
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: ss.

• Persian: صص (ss)
• Polish: ss.
• Scottish Gaelic: tdd
• Spanish: pp. m pl
• Swedish: s. (sv)

Phrase

pp.

1. Abbreviation of per procurationem.

   Alternative forms: per pro, p.p.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʒ/

Noun

pp.

1. abbreviation of pages (“pages”) (plural of p.)

Polish

Pronoun

pp. f

1. abbreviation of panie (“Mmes”)
2. abbreviation of panny (“Misses”)
3. Latinate abbreviation of strony (“pages”), from Latin pāginae, the plural of pāgina

   Synonym: ss. (native)

Pronoun

pp. m pers pl

1. abbreviation of panowie (“Misters”)
2. abbreviation of państwo (“Mr & Mrs, you all”)

Noun

pp. m inan or f

1. abbreviation of pułk piechoty (“infantry regiment”)
2. abbreviation of punkt procentowy (“percentage point”)

Adverb

pp.

1. abbreviation of popołudniu (“in the afternoon”, locative)

Further reading

• “pp.”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

Portuguese

Noun

pp.

1. abbreviation of páginas (“pages”) (plural of p.)

Spanish

Noun

pp. f pl

1. abbreviation of páginas (“pages”) (plural of p.)