Pause

See also: pause, pausé, and -pause

English
A Sega Master System III console with a round white Pause button on the left.
The Pause key of a keyboard, among various other keys.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pause.

Noun

Pause (plural Pauses)

  1. A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German pūse, from Latin pausa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaʊ̯zə/, [ˈpaʊ̯zə]
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Pause f (genitive Pause, plural Pausen, diminutive Päuschen n)

  1. pause, break

Declension
Declension of Pause
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pause die Pausen
genitive einer der Pause der Pausen
dative einer der Pause den Pausen
accusative eine die Pause die Pausen

Derived terms
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