paus

English

Noun

paus

1. plural of pau

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Noun

paus

1. plural of pau

Adjective

paus

1. masculine plural of pau

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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/

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• Hyphenation: paus
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯s

Noun

paus m (plural pausen, diminutive pausje n)

1. pope

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch paus.

Noun

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

1. pope

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin.

paus (2)

Noun

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

1. whale

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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

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpawʃ/

Noun

paus m pl

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

pàus (Cyrillic spelling па̀ус)

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʊ̯s/

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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

Anagrams

• supa