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-pause

-pause suffix: indicative of a pause or discontinuance.

Suffix

-pause

  1. Indicative of a pause or discontinuance.

Origin of -pause

From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, “discontinuance”).

Questions about -pause

What does -pause mean?
-pause means indicative of a pause or discontinuance.
What part of speech is -pause?
-pause is a suffix.

Words near -pause in the dictionary

  1. -pathia
  2. -pathic
  3. -pathies
  4. -paths
  5. -pathy
  6. -pause
  7. -peat
  8. -ped
  9. -pedal
  10. -pedalism
  11. -pede

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