"-pause" meaning in English

See -pause in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, “discontinuance”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|pause}} Middle French pause, {{der|en|la|pausa}} Latin pausa, {{der|en|grc|παῦσις|t=discontinuance}} Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, “discontinuance”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -pause, {{en-suffix}} -pause
  1. Indicative of a pause or discontinuance. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--pause-en-suffix-ptU1A81-

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