pause
English
/pɔːz/, /pɔz/, /pɑz/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
- (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
- (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
- (transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
- (intransitive) To consider; to reflect.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French pause derived from Latin pausa (pause, stop, break, rest, halt) derived from Ancient Greek παῦσις (stopping, discontinuance, ceasing, ending).
Origin
Ancient Greek
παῦσις
Gloss
stopping, discontinuance, ceasing, ending
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -pause English
- aeropause English
- autopause English
- homopause English
- interpause English
- ionopause English
- mesopause English
- micropause English
- pausa English
- pausable English
- pauseful English
- pausefully English
- pauseless English
- pauselessly English
- pauselessness English
- pauser English
- philosopause English
- somatopause English
- unpause English
- pausa Latin
- pausāre Latin
- repausō Latin
- Pausa German
- pausa Italian
- pause French
- пауза Russian
- pausar Spanish, Castilian
- Παυσανίας Ancient Greek
- παυσίλυπος Ancient Greek
- παυσικάπη Ancient Greek
- παύω Ancient Greek
- παῦσις Ancient Greek
- pause Norwegian Bokmål
- pauza Polish
- pause Norwegian Nynorsk
- pause Danish
- pose Old French
- pousa Galician
- pūse Middle High German
- pause Middle French
- παῦσις grc-koi