pauza

See also: Pauza, pauză, păuza, and păuză

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpau̯za]

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Noun

pauza f

1. break, pause

   Synonym: přestávka

2. (music) rest

   Synonym: pomlka

Declension

Declension of pauza (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pauza	pauzy
genitive	pauzy	pauz
dative	pauze	pauzám
accusative	pauzu	pauzy
vocative	pauzo	pauzy
locative	pauze	pauzách
instrumental	pauzou	pauzami

Further reading

• “pauza”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pauza”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pauza”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pausa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaw.za/

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• Rhymes: -awza
• Syllabification: pau‧za

Noun

pauza f

1. pause, break

   Synonym: przerwa

2. (music) rest
3. (typography) em dash

   Synonym: myślnik

4. (dated, education) school break, recess

   Synonym: przerwa

Declension

Declension of pauza

	singular	plural
nominative	pauza	pauzy
genitive	pauzy	pauz
dative	pauzie	pauzom
accusative	pauzę	pauzy
instrumental	pauzą	pauzami
locative	pauzie	pauzach
vocative	pauzo	pauzy

Derived terms

noun

• andropauza
• menopauza
• półpauza

verbs

• pauzować impf
• spauzować pf

Further reading

• pauza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pauza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• pauza in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pause.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǎuza/
• Hyphenation: pa‧u‧za

Noun

pàuza f (Cyrillic spelling па̀уза)

1. break, pause

   Synonyms: òdmor, prȅdāh, stȃnka

Declension

Declension of pauza

	singular	plural
nominative	pauza	pauze
genitive	pauze	pauza
dative	pauzi	pauzama
accusative	pauzu	pauze
vocative	pauzo	pauze
locative	pauzi	pauzama
instrumental	pauzom	pauzama