poos
Dutch (Brabantic)
/poːs/
noun
Definitions
- undefined period of time, an indefinite period
- (informal) eternity
- (dated) pause, interruption
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch pose derived from Old French pose derived from Latin pausa (pause, stop, break, rest, halt).
Origin
Latin
pausa
Gloss
pause, stop, break, rest, halt
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
止
Emoji
💔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pausa English
- pausa Latin
- repausō Latin
- Pausa German
- pausa Italian
- tussen Dutch, Flemish
- tussenpoos Dutch, Flemish
- pause French
- пауза Russian
- παύω Ancient Greek
- παῦσις Ancient Greek
- pause Norwegian Bokmål
- pauza Polish
- pause Norwegian Nynorsk
- pause Danish
- pose Old French
- pousa Galician
- pose Middle Dutch
- pūse Middle High German
- pause Middle French
- παῦσις grc-koi