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 Translation for 'pause' from English to French
NOUN1   a pause | pauses
NOUN2   pause | -
VERB   to pause | paused | paused
pausing | pauses
SYNO break | intermission | interruption | ...
marquer un temps d'arrêtto pause
tergiverserto pause [hesitate]
entrecouper qc.to pause sth.
Nouns
intermède {m} [interruption]pause
mus.
point {m} d'orgue
pause [fermata]
2 Words
film
silence {m} calculé
dramatic pause
tech.
heure {f} de la pause
pause time
3 Words
sans désemparer {adv}without a pause
prendre une pause pour réfléchirto pause for thought
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  • pause {f} [moment de repos] = break [short rest]
  • pause {f} = recess
  • pause {f} = interval [pause, break]
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Usage Examples English
  • On 23 October 2020, "Make Me Smile" was featured on Melbourne, Australia radio station 'ABC Radio Melbourne's Friday Revue' as part of 'Song Pause Day' - a tribute to songs with a pause.
  • In MP/M, the command has a pause mode. It is specified by entering a 'P' followed by two decimal digits after the filename.
  • Two broadband pulses are separated by a slight pause.
  • Ancient writers on Latin and Greek metre noted that it was logical for a short syllable at the end of a line to be taken as long, since the pause helped to make up the length.
  • Bachata- Three steps to one side, pause, three steps to the other side, pause. This is practiced in a four-beat pattern.

  • The first flow control mechanism, the "pause frame", was defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) task force that defined full duplex Ethernet link segments.
  • There are a variety of "filled" pause types. Formulaic language pause fillers include "Like", "Er" and "Uhm", and paralinguistic expressive respiratory pauses include the sigh and gasp.
  • Because the break function is usually combined with the pause function on one key since the introduction of the IBM Model M 101-key keyboard in 1985, the Break key is also called the Pause key.
  • As part of the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA), Royal Caribbean has volunteered to pause operations through 31 October 2020. Previously, the pause was to end on 15 September 2020.
  • An important gameplay element is "Active Pause Mode", wherein the player can pause the game, but continue to enter commands, which the champions will carry out when the game is unpaused.

  • The name Pause was originally a nickname given to him by his father—an attempt to teach him to pause before engaging in destructive behaviour.
  • There may not be a pause between a stop bit and the following start bit when the bytes of a telegram are transmitted.
  • The first two movements each end in a slight pause, followed by a briefer pause.
  • The duration of a pause is critical. Too short of a pause has a reduced dramatic effect, and too long of a pause risks losing the attention of the audience.
  • Some adaptive technology ranging from special keyboards, mouse replacements and pen tablet interfaces to speech recognition software can reduce the risk of injury. Pause software reminds the user to pause frequently.

  • Other systems combine real-time combat with the ability to pause the game and issue orders to all characters under his/her control; when the game is unpaused, all characters follow the orders they were given.
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