pause
French, noun/poz/
pause is spelled P-A-U-S-E (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written French, the 2,714th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pause is a French feminine noun meaning “pause, break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suspension ou interruption momentanée d’une action”.
What does pause mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepause, break
Je prends quelques minutes de pause.
- 2
femininerest
suffix
- 1
-pause
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suspension ou interruption momentanée d’une action. 2. Temps de repos qui interrompt, généralement à intervalles réguliers, un exercice on une marche. 3. Silence, intervalle de temps pendant lequel un ou plusieurs musiciens, ou même tous les concertants, demeurent sans chanter, sans jouer. 4. Silence de la durée d’une mesure pleine.
suffix: 1. Suffixe qui indique la cessation, la fin.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pause
- pauses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pause?
- /poz/
- \poz\
- [poz]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pause
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pause in French?
pause appears 30 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).