paus

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English

Noun

paus

  1. plural of pau

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Pronunciation

Noun

paus

  1. plural of pau

Adjective

paus

  1. masculine plural of pau

Dutch

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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

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: pous
  • Sranan Tongo: pawsu
  • Malay: paus

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pause.

Pronunciation

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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 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 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

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

paus (1)

Noun

paús (plural paus-paus)

  1. whale
    Paus biru adalah mamalia terbesar.
    Blue whale is the largest mammal.
Derived terms

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)

  1. (Catholicism) pope
    Paus adalah pemimpin tertinggi Gereja Katolik.
    Pope is the highest leader of the Catholic Church.
Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Noun

pāus m

  1. pope

Inflection

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

Descendants

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

 

  • 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 ♣)
Suits in Portuguese · naipes (see also: baralho) (layout · text)
copas ouros espadas paus

Descendants

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

Noun

paus c

  1. a pause, a break
    Vi tog en paus från arbetet
    We took a break from work
    en fikapaus
    a coffee break
  2. (music) a rest

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