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respite
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French respit (“rest”), from Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????spa?t/, IPA(key): /???sp?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???sp?t/
Noun
respite (countable and uncountable, plural respites)
- A brief interval of rest or relief.
- (law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
- (law) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
Synonyms
- (brief interval): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
Translations
Verb
respite (third-person singular simple present respites, present participle respiting, simple past and past participle respited)
- (transitive) To delay or postpone (an event).
- (transitive) To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation.
Translations
Anagrams
- speerit, spreite
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pause
English
Etymology
From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (paûsis). Compare the doublet pausa.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: pôz, IPA(key): /p??z/
- (US) enPR: pôz, IPA(key): /p?z/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: päz, IPA(key): /p?z/
- Rhymes: -??z
- Homophones: paws, pores (in non-rhotic accents), pours (in non-rhotic accents)
Verb
pause (third-person singular simple present pauses, present participle pausing, simple past and past participle paused)
- (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.
- to pause a song, a video, or a computer game
- (intransitive, obsolete) To consider; to reflect.
Translations
Noun
pause (plural pauses)
- A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
- Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
- A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
- Synonyms: break, holiday, recess; see also Thesaurus:vacation
- Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
- Synonyms: vacillation, wavering
- In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
- A break or paragraph in writing.
- (music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
- Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”)
- (as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate
Derived terms
- filled pause
- pregnant pause
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek ???? (paú?, “stop”).
Noun
pause c (singular definite pausen, plural indefinite pauser)
- pause
Declension
Derived terms
- pausere
Further reading
- “pause” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “pause” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pausa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poz/
Noun
pause f (plural pauses)
- pause, break
- (music) rest
Derived terms
- pause thé
Further reading
- “pause” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
pause f
- plural of pausa
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pausa.
Noun
pause f (plural pauses)
- pause (brief cessation)
Descendants
- ? English: pause
- French: pause
References
- “pause” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek ???? (paú?, “stop”).
Noun
pause m (definite singular pausen, indefinite plural pauser, definite plural pausene)
- a pause, a break (short time for relaxing)
Derived terms
- hvilepause
- kaffepause
- lunsjpause
References
- “pause” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek ???? (paú?, “stop”).
Noun
pause m (definite singular pausen, indefinite plural pausar, definite plural pausane)
- a pause or break (short time for relaxing)
Derived terms
- lunsjpause
References
- “pause” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Verb
pause
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of pausar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of pausar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of pausar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of pausar
Spanish
Verb
pause
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of pausar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of pausar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of pausar.
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