paus

paus

1. plural of pau

• APUs, AUPs, Apsu, Apus, PUAs, puas, upas

paus

1. plural of pau

paus

1. masculine plural of pau

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.

• IPA^(key): /pɑu̯s/

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paus m (plural pausen, diminutive pausje n)

1. pope

• Afrikaans: pous
• → Malay: paus
  • Indonesian: paus

From Dutch paus.

paus (plural paus-paus, first-person possessive pausku, second-person possessive pausmu, third-person possessive pausnya)

1. pope

Of unknown origin.

paus (plural paus-paus, first-person possessive pausku, second-person possessive pausmu, third-person possessive pausnya)

1. whale

• pāves, pāgus

pāus m

1. pope

• 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.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpawʃ/

paus m pl

1. clubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)
2. plural of pau

pàus (Cyrillic spelling па̀ус)

1. Only used in pàus-pàpīr

• IPA^(key): /paʊ̯s/

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paus c

1. pause, break

• pausa