pausa
English
noun
Definitions
- (linguistics) The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.
Etymology
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
- nonpausal English
- pausal English
- pausally English
- philosopause English
- postpausal English
- prepausal English
- pausa Latin
- repausō Latin
- Pausa German
- pausa Italian
- pause French
- пауза Russian
- 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