pause
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔːz
- (US) enPR: pôz, IPA: /pɔz/, X-SAMPA: /pOz/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: päz, IPA: /pɑz/, X-SAMPA: /pAz/
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Verb [edit]
pause (third-person singular simple present pauses, present participle pausing, simple past and past participle paused)
- (transitive, intransitive) To interrupt current work and do something else for a moment.
- When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.
- He paused the video until everyone was quiet, then pressed Play.
Translations [edit]
to interrupt something
Noun [edit]
pause (plural pauses)
- A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
- Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”).
Translations [edit]
short time for relaxing
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin pausa.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
pause f (plural pauses)
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
pause f
- Plural form of pausa
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin, from Ancient Greek pauein (“stop”).
Noun [edit]
pause m
- pause (short time for relaxing)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of pause
References [edit]
- “pause” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
pause (infinitive pausar)
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