paus

See also: Paus

English

Noun

paus

1. plural of pau

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [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
• Sranan Tongo: pawsu
• → 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	nom.
	gen.	pausi
genitive			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 [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)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

paus (1)

Noun

paús (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

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

1. (Catholicism) pope

   Paus adalah pemimpin tertinggi Gereja Katolik.

   Pope is the highest leader of the Catholic Church.

Derived terms

• kepausan

 

Further reading

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

Malay

Alternative forms

• (pope): Paus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa.(w)os]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: pa‧us

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. A whale.

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.

Noun

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

1. (Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state; a pope.

   Synonym: bapa Suci

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

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	paus	pausul
genitive-dative	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. a pause, a break

   Vi tog en paus från arbetet

   We took a break from [the] work

   en fikapaus

   a coffee [fika] break

2. (music) a rest

Declension

Declension of paus

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	paus	paus
	definite	pausen	pausens
plural	indefinite	pauser	pausers
	definite	pauserna	pausernas

Derived terms

• andhämtningspaus
• andningspaus
• fikapaus
• generalpaus
• halvtidspaus
• heltaktspaus
• kaffepaus
• kisspaus
• konstpaus
• lunchpaus
• matpaus
• mikropaus
• pausfågel
• pausknapp
• pauskommatera
• pauskommatering
• pausmusik
• paussignal
• paustecken
• pausunderhållning
• pausvila
• periodpaus
• reklampaus
• rökpaus
• tankepaus
• vilopaus

 

Related terms

• pausa

References

• paus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• paus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• paus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• supa