Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pausa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: pausa
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The rule is that in the pausa a word must never end on a short vowel, but it may do so in the context."
"Besides, the pausa endposition may have served to highlight the informational value of the substituendum."
"In pausa you say 'ih, in the jussive la- ta'ih, analogous to 'ih, la- ta'ih. And since t' is complete as two letters, the tongue utters both of them in the pausa."
"For instance, the perfect in -miš (> -mi before pausa) always has the high unrounded vowel, the abstract noun suffix appears in a single variant +luġ, the infinitive is -maġ and the instrumental +ine."

Etymology

From Latin pausa (“break”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis). Doublet of pause.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pausa, παῦσις

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

pausal

Questions

What does pausa mean?: The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence.
Where does pausa come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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