Noun

pausCategory:English non-lemma forms#PAUSCategory:English noun forms#PAUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. plural of pau

Anagrams

• UAPs, AUPs, Apsu, sapu, Puas, SPUA, puas, USAP, PUAs, Apus, APUs, upas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpaws]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#PAUS

Noun

pausCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#PAUSCategory:Catalan noun forms#PAUSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. plural of pau

Adjective

pausCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#PAUSCategory:Catalan adjective forms#PAUSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. masculine plural of pau

Etymology

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#PAUSCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#PAUS paus, paues, pauwes, from Old FrenchCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old French#PAUS papes (compare German Papst), from Medieval LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Medieval Latin#PAUS pāpa (“bishop, pope”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#PAUS πάπας (pápas, “bishop”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”), of imitative origin. Doublet of paapCategory:Dutch doublets#PAUS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑu̯s/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#PAUS

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• Hyphenation: paus
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯sCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɑu̯s#PAUS

Noun

paus m (plural pausen, diminutive pausje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#PAUSCategory:Dutch nouns#PAUSCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#PAUSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. pope

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Estonian terms borrowed from German#PAUSCategory:Estonian terms derived from German#PAUS Pause.

Pronunciation

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Noun

paus (genitive pausi, partitive pausi)Category:Estonian lemmas#PAUSCategory:Estonian nouns#PAUSCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. pause

Further reading

• “paus”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “paus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “paus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• paus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaus/ [ˈpa.ʊs]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#PAUSCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#PAUS
• Rhymes: -ausCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/aus#PAUSCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/aus/2 syllables#PAUS
• Syllabification: paus

Etymology 1

From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#PAUSCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#PAUS paus, from Proto-MalayicCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#PAUSCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayic#PAUS *paus, of unknownCategory:Indonesian terms with unknown etymologies#PAUS origin. Compare Minangkabau pauih.

Etymology 2

From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#PAUS paus from DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#PAUSCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#PAUS paus, from Middle DutchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch#PAUS paus, paues, pauwes, from Old FrenchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Old French#PAUS papes (compare German Papst), from Medieval LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Medieval Latin#PAUS pāpa (“bishop, pope”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek#PAUS πάπας (pápas, “bishop”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”), of imitative origin.

Further reading

• “paus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Alternative forms

• (pope): Paus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa.(w)os]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#PAUSCategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#PAUS
• Rhymes: -usCategory:Rhymes:Malay/us#PAUSCategory:Rhymes:Malay/us/2 syllables#PAUS
• Hyphenation: pa‧us

Etymology 1

From Proto-MalayicCategory:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#PAUSCategory:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic#PAUS *paus, of unknownCategory:Malay terms with unknown etymologies#PAUS origin. Compare Minangkabau pauih. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Malay entries#PAUS

Etymology 2

From DutchCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Dutch#PAUSCategory:Malay terms derived from Dutch#PAUS paus, from Middle DutchCategory:Malay terms derived from Middle Dutch#PAUS paus, paues, pauwes, from Old FrenchCategory:Malay terms derived from Old French#PAUS papes (compare German Papst), from Medieval LatinCategory:Malay terms derived from Medieval Latin#PAUS pāpa (“bishop, pope”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Malay terms derived from Ancient Greek#PAUS πάπας (pápas, “bishop”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”), of imitative origin.

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ڤاوس٢ pawoes²”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 52
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ڤأوس paus”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 451
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “paus”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 222

Further reading

• "paus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Alternative forms

• pāves, pāgus

Noun

pāus mCategory:Old Frisian lemmas#PAUSCategory:Old Frisian nouns#PAUSCategory:Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Old Frisian masculine nouns#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. pope

Etymology

From pau (“stick”). Originally the suit was represented by clubs. Eventually the design changed to that of a three-leaf clover, but the name was kept.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: paus

Noun

pausCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#PAUSCategory:Portuguese noun forms#PAUSCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. plural of pau

Noun

paus m pl (plural only)Category:Portuguese lemmas#PAUSCategory:Portuguese nouns#PAUSCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#PAUSCategory:Portuguese pluralia tantum#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. clubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)

Related terms

Suits in Portuguese · naipes (see also: baralho) (layout · text)
copas	ouros	espadas	paus

Category:pt:Card games

Further reading

• “paus”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Noun

paus n (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#PAUSCategory:Romanian nouns#PAUSCategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#PAUSCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. alternative form of paos

Adjective

pàus (Cyrillic spelling па̀ус)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#PAUSCategory:Serbo-Croatian adjectives#PAUSCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. only used in pàus-pàpīr (“tracing paper”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʊ̯s/Category:Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation#PAUS

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Noun

paus cCategory:Swedish lemmas#PAUSCategory:Swedish nouns#PAUSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PAUSCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#PAUSCategory:Pages with entries#PAUSCategory:Pages with 11 entries#PAUS

1. a pause, a break

   Vi tog en paus från arbetet

   We took a break from [the] work

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#PAUS

   en fikapaus

   a coffee [fika] break

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#PAUS

2. (musicCategory:sv:Music#PAUS) a rest

References

• “paus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “paus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “paus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• supa