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See also: Pause, pausé, and -pause

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa.

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Verb

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pause (third-person singular simple present pauses, present participle pausing, simple past and past participle paused)

  1. (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
  2. (transitive) To stop an activity for a while.
    • 2025 February 19, Chris Howe, “Euston: a work in progress”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 44:
      The general public could therefore have been forgiven for thinking that work on the new station had stopped. But pausing work on an active construction site of this size is not straightforward.
  3. (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
    When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
      Tarry, pause a day or two.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      pausing a while thus to herself she mused
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
    • 2020 April 8, “Network News: COVID-19: Questions and Answers”, in Rail, page 11:
      Will this affect HS2 and other major projects?
      [...] Work at the majority of sites has paused, although some staff may be present to ensure the safety and security of these sites and to make safety assessments. [...]
  4. (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
  5. (transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
    to pause a song, a video, or a computer game
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To consider; to reflect.

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Noun

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pause (plural pauses)

  1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
    Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
  2. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
    Synonyms: break, holiday, recess; see also Thesaurus:vacation
  3. Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
    Synonyms: vacillation, wavering
  4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
    Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
  5. A break or paragraph in writing.
    • a. 1705 (date written), [John Locke], “[An Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul’s Epistles, […]]”, in A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1707, →OCLC, page xxiii:
      He [Paul] is full of the Matter he treats and writes with Warmth, which uſually neglects Method, and thoſe Partitions and Pauſes which Men educated in the Schools of Rhetoricians uſually obſerve.
  6. (music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
  7. Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”)
  8. (as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate

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Interjection

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pause

  1. (slang) Used immediately after a statement to indicate that there was no innuendo or homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation.
    Synonym: no homo

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Etymology

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From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”).

Noun

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pause c (singular definite pausen, plural indefinite pauser)

  1. pause

Declension

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Declension of pause
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pause pausen pauser pauserne
genitive pauses pausens pausers pausernes

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Estonian

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Noun

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pause

  1. partitive plural of paus
    Synonym: pausisid

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French pause (14th c. in the musical sense), from Latin pausa. The Middle French form may be merely a relatinized spelling of Old French pose (“moment, period of time”, 12th c., whence Dutch poos), itself an early borrowing (if not inheritance) from the same Latin noun; at any rate both forms cannot be separated entirely.

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Noun

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pause f (plural pauses)

  1. pause, break
    Je prends quelques minutes de pause.
    I'm taking a break for a few minutes.
  2. (music) rest

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Italian

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Noun

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pause f

  1. plural of pausa

Middle French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pausa.

Noun

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pause f (plural pauses)

  1. pause (brief cessation)

Descendants

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  • → English: pause
  • French: pause

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”).

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Noun

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pause m (definite singular pausen, indefinite plural pauser, definite plural pausene)

  1. a pause, a break (short time for relaxing)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”).

Noun

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pause m (definite singular pausen, indefinite plural pausar, definite plural pausane)

  1. a pause or break (short time for relaxing)

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaw.zi/ [ˈpaʊ̯.zi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaw.ze/ [ˈpaʊ̯.ze]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -awzi, (Portugal) -awzɨ
  • Hyphenation: pau‧se

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English pause

Noun

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pause m (plural pauses)

  1. (chiefly video games) pause

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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pause

  1. inflection of pausar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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pause

  1. inflection of pausar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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