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English

Etymology
From MF. #French|pause, from L. pausa; compare with AGr. �αῦ�ι�

Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: pôz
w:IPA|IPA: /p��z/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /pO:z/
audio|en-us-pause.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��z|-��z

Homophones
paws
pores (non-rhotic accents)
pours (non-rhotic accents)

Verb
en-verb|paus|ing

1. To interrupt current work and do something else for a moment.

Translations
trans-top|to interrupt something
Finnish: pysähtyä, tauota, pitää tauko
French: faire une pause, pauser
trans-mid
Serbian: stanka
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Noun
en-noun

1. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
2. A button found on players of electronic and digital media (such as a VCR or DVD player) that suspends play.

Translations
trans-top|short time for relaxing
Arabic: Arab|ت��� IPAchar|(tawáqquf) m
Chinese: �� (zàntíng), �顿 (tíngdùn)
Czech: p�estávka f, pauza f
Dutch: pause f
Finnish: pysähdys, tauko, keskeytys, väliaika, lepoaika, katko
French: pause f
German: Pause f
Greek: �α��η f
Hebrew: he-translation|�תנ�|etnah
Hungarian: szünet
trans-mid
Italian: pausa f
Japanese: �止 (����, kyūshi)
Korean: �춤 (meomchum)
Portuguese: pausa f
Russian: па�за (páuza) f
Serbian: stanka f
Slovene: pavza f, odmor m
Spanish: pausa f
Swedish: paus c
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French

Pronunciation

Homophones
pose

Etymology
From L. pausa.

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. #Noun|pause, break

Italian

Noun
pause f

1. plural of|pausa|lang=Italian

de:pause
et:pause
el:pause
fr:pause
ko:pause
io:pause
hu:pause
no:pause
ru:pause
fi:pause
ta:pause
te:pause
vi:pause
tr:pause
uk:pause
zh:pause

• 2007-11-15 06:10 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Translations */

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