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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.
paus m (plural pausen, diminutive pausje n)
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paus (genitive pausi, partitive pausi)
Declension of paus (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | paus | pausid |
accusative | nom. | |
gen. | pausi | |
genitive | 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 |
- “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)
From Malay paus, from Proto-Malayic *paus, of unknown origin. Compare Minangkabau pauih.

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

paús (plural paus-paus)
- (Catholicism) pope
Paus adalah pemimpin tertinggi Gereja Katolik.
- Pope is the highest leader of the Catholic Church.
- “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.
- (pope): Paus
From Proto-Malayic *paus, of unknown origin. Compare Minangkabau pauih.
paus (Jawi spelling ڤاءوس, plural paus-paus, informal 1st possessive pausku, 2nd possessive pausmu, 3rd possessive pausnya)
- A whale.
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.
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
- “paus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
pāus m
- West Frisian: paus

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.
- Hyphenation: paus
paus
paus m pl (plural only)
- clubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)
Suits in Portuguese · naipes (see also: baralho) (layout · text) | |||
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copas | ouros | espadas | paus |
paus n (uncountable)
- Alternative form of paos
singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | paus | pausul |
genitive-dative | paus | pausului |
vocative | pausule |
pàus (Cyrillic spelling па̀ус)
- Only used in pàus-pàpīr (“tracing paper”)
paus c
- a pause, a break
Vi tog en paus från arbetet
- We took a break from [the] work
en fikapaus
- a coffee [fika] break
- (music) a rest