Meanings
noun
- abbreviationAbbreviation of pages (plural of p.)
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).
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, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022 - abbreviationAbbreviation of past participle.
phrase
- abbreviationAbbreviation of per procurationem.
Origin
Abbreviation. Use in "pages" has been reduplicated to indicate plurality.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish s., ss.
- s.pages
- ss.pages
French p., pp.
- p.pages
- pp.pages
German S.
- S.pages
Greek σσ.
- σσ. (ss.)pages
Hebrew עמ׳
- עמ׳pages
Japanese pp.
- pp.pages
Malay hlm, ms
- hlmpages
- mspages
Persian صص
- صص (ss)pages
Polish ss.
- ss.pages
Scottish Gaelic tdd
- tddpages
Spanish pp.
- pp.pages
Swedish s.
- s.pages
Cite this entry
APA
pp.. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pp.
MLA
“pp..” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pp.. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pp.,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pp..
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