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pause.

pause, break

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/poz/
  1. pause, break

    feminine
    Je prends quelques minutes de pause.
  2. rest

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French pause (14th c. in the musical sense), from Latin pausa. The Middle French form may be merely a relatinized spelling of Old French pose (“moment, period of time”, 12th c., whence Dutch poos), itself an early borrowing (if not inheritance) from the same Latin noun; at any rate both forms cannot be separated entirely.

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