paus
Catalan
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
Estonian
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | paus | pausid |
genitive | pausi | 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
- paus in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- paus in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- paus in Sõnaveeb
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaʊs/
- Hyphenation: pa‧us
- Rhymes: -ʊs, -s
Noun
paus (plural paus-paus, first-person possessive pausku, second-person possessive pausmu, third-person possessive pausnya)
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.
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Noun
paus (plural paus-paus, first-person possessive pausku, second-person possessive pausmu, third-person possessive pausnya)
Derived terms
- kepausan
Further reading
- “paus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Noun
paus (Jawi spelling ڤاءوس, plural paus-paus, informal 1st possessive pausku, 2nd possessive pausmu, 3rd possessive pausnya)
Noun
paus (Jawi spelling ڤاءوس, plural paus-paus, informal 1st possessive pausku, 2nd possessive pausmu, 3rd possessive pausnya)
Further reading
- “paus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Frisian
Inflection
Portuguese

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]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpawʃ/ [ˈpaʊ̯ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpawʃ/
- Hyphenation: paus
Noun
paus m pl (plural only)
- clubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)
Romanian
Declension
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) paus | pausul |
genitive/dative | (unui) paus | pausului |
vocative | pausule |
Serbo-Croatian
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paʊ̯s/
Audio (file)
Declension
Declension of paus | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | paus | pausen | pauser | pauserna |
Genitive | paus | pausens | pausers | pausernas |
Related terms
Further reading
- paus in Svensk ordbok.