paus

English

Noun

paus

1. plural of pau

Anagrams

• APUs, AUPs, Apsu, Apus, PUAs, SPUA, UAPs, puas, upas

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaws/

Noun

paus

1. plural of pau

Adjective

paus

1. masculine plural of pau

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch paus, paues, pauwes, from Old French papes (compare German Papst), from Medieval Latin pāpa (“bishop, pope”), from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑu̯s/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: paus
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯s

Noun

paus m (plural pausen, diminutive pausje n)

1. pope

Derived terms

• bouwpaus
• pauselijk
• pauskeuze
• Pausmobiel
• pausschap
• tegenpaus

Related terms

• paap
• papaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pous
• → Malay: paus
  • Indonesian: paus

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pause.

Noun

paus (genitive pausi, partitive pausi)

1. pause

Declension

Declension of paus (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	paus	pausid
accusative	pausi	pausid
genitive	pausi	pauside
partitive	pausi	pause pausisid
illative	pausi pausisse	pausidesse pausesse
inessive	pausis	pausides pauses
elative	pausist	pausidest pausest
allative	pausile	pausidele pausele
adessive	pausil	pausidel pausel
ablative	pausilt	pausidelt pauselt
translative	pausiks	pausideks pauseks
terminative	pausini	pausideni
essive	pausina	pausidena
abessive	pausita	pausideta
comitative	pausiga	pausidega

Further reading

• paus in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
• paus in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• paus in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
• paus in Sõnaveeb

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊs/
• Hyphenation: pa‧us
• Rhymes: -ʊs, -s

Etymology 1

From Malay paus, from Proto-Malayic *paus, of unknown origin. Compare Minangkabau pauih.

paus (1)

Noun

paus (plural paus-paus, first-person possessive pausku, second-person possessive pausmu, third-person possessive pausnya)

1. whale

   Paus biru adalah mamalia terbesar.

   Blue whale is the largest mammal.

Derived terms

• paus balin
• paus bungkuk
• paus kepala busur
• paus minke
• paus pembunuh

 

Etymology 2

From Dutch paus, from Middle Dutch paus, paues, pauwes, from Old French papes (compare German Papst), from Medieval Latin pāpa (“bishop, pope”), from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”), of imitative origin.

Roman Catholic Paus

Noun

paus (plural paus-paus, first-person possessive pausku, second-person possessive pausmu, third-person possessive pausnya)

1. (Catholicism) pope

   Paus adalah pemimpin tertinggi Gereja Katolik Roma.

   Pope is the highest leader of Rome Catholic Chuch.

Derived terms

• kepausan

 

Further reading

• “paus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *paus, of unknown origin. Compare Minangkabau pauih.

Noun

paus (Jawi spelling ڤاءوس‎, plural paus-paus, informal 1st possessive pausku, 2nd possessive pausmu, 3rd possessive pausnya)

1. whale

Etymology 2

From Dutch paus.

Noun

paus (Jawi spelling ڤاءوس‎, plural paus-paus, informal 1st possessive pausku, 2nd possessive pausmu, 3rd possessive pausnya)

1. pope

Further reading

• “paus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• pāves, pāgus

Noun

pāus m

1. pope

Inflection

Declension of pāus (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	pāus	pāusar, pāusa
genitive	pāuses	pāusa
dative	pāuse	pāusum, pāusem
accusative	pāus	pāusar, pāusa

Descendants

• West Frisian: paus

Portuguese

paus

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaws/ [ˈpaʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpaws/ [ˈpaʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpawʃ/ [ˈpaʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpawʃ/

• Hyphenation: paus

Noun

paus

1. plural of pau

Noun

paus m pl (plural only)

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

Descendants

• → Swahili: pao, pau

Romanian

Noun

paus n (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of paos

Declension

declension of paus (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) paus	pausul
genitive/dative	(unui) paus	pausului
vocative	pausule

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

pàus (Cyrillic spelling па̀ус)

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʊ̯s/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

paus c

1. pause, break

Declension

Declension of paus
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	paus	pausen	pauser	pauserna
Genitive	paus	pausens	pausers	pausernas

Related terms

• pausa

Further reading

• paus in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• supa