# paus
## English
### Noun

paus
* plural of pau

### Anagrams

* UAPs, AUPs, Apsu, sapu, Puas, SPUA, puas, USAP, PUAs, Apus, APUs, upas

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpaws]

### Noun

paus
* plural of pau

### Adjective

paus
* masculine plural of pau

## 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: /pɑu̯s/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: paus
* Rhymes: -ɑu̯s

### Noun

paus m (plural pausen, diminutive pausje n)
* pope

#### Derived terms

* bouwpaus
* pauselijk
* pauskeuze
* Pausmobiel
* pausschap
* tegenpaus

#### Related terms

* paap
* papaal

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: pous
* Sranan Tongo: pawsu
* → Malay: paus
** Indonesian: paus

## Estonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Pause.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

paus (genitive pausi, partitive pausi)
* pause

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “paus”, in [PSV] 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 [EKSS] 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaʊs/
* Hyphenation: pa‧ús
* Rhymes: -ʊs, -s

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

paús (plural paus-paus)
* whale
    Paus biru adalah mamalia terbesar.Blue whale is the largest mammal.

##### 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.

#### Noun

paús (plural paus-paus)
* (Catholicism) pope
    Paus adalah pemimpin tertinggi Gereja Katolik.Pope is the highest leader of the Catholic Church.

##### Derived terms

* kepausan

### Further reading

* “paus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* (pope): Paus

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pa.(w)os]
* Rhymes: -us
* Hyphenation: pa‧us

### 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)
* 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)
* (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

### Further reading

* “paus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* pāves, pāgus

### Noun

pāus m
* pope

#### Descendants

* West Frisian: paus

## 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: /ˈpaws/ [ˈpaʊ̯s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpaws/ [ˈpaʊ̯s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpawʃ/ [ˈpaʊ̯ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpawʃ/
* Hyphenation: paus

### Noun

paus
* plural of pau

### Noun

paus m pl (plural only)
* clubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)

#### Related terms

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

#### Descendants

* → Swahili: pao, pau

## Romanian
### Noun

paus n (uncountable)
* Alternative form of paos

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

pàus (Cyrillic spelling па̀ус)
* Only used in pàus-pàpīr (“tracing paper”)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paʊ̯s/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

paus c
* a pause, a break
    Vi tog en paus från arbetetWe took a break from [the] work
    en fikapausa coffee [fika] break
* (music) a rest

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | paus | paus |
| singular | definite | pausen | pausens |
| plural | indefinite | pauser | pausers |
| plural | definite | pauserna | pausernas |

#### Derived terms

* andhämtningspaus
* andningspaus
* fikapaus
* generalpaus
* halvtidspaus
* heltaktspaus
* kaffepaus
* kisspaus
* konstpaus
* lunchpaus
* matpaus
* mikropaus
* pausfågel
* pausknapp
* pauskommatera
* pauskommatering
* pausmusik
* paussignal
* paustecken
* pausunderhållning
* pausvila
* periodpaus
* reklampaus
* rökpaus
* tankepaus
* vilopaus

#### Related terms

* pausa

### References

* paus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* paus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* paus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* supa