suspens
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== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [susˈpe̞ns]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [susˈpəns]
IPA(key): (Central) [susˈpɛns]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [susˈpens]
=== Etymology 1 ===
Learned borrowing from Latin suspēnsus. Doublet of suspès. The narratological sense is a semantic loan from English.
==== Adjective ====
suspens (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspenses)
perplexed, bewildered
Synonym: perplex
==== Noun ====
suspens m (plural suspensos)
(narratology) suspense
(education) failure, failing grade
(law) abeyance
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Latin suspendis.
==== Verb ====
suspens
second-person singular present indicative of suspendre
=== Further reading ===
“suspens”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“suspens”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin suspēnsus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sys.pɑ̃/
=== Adjective ===
suspens (invariable)
unresolved, outstanding
(of a clergyman) suspended (from his duties)
=== See also ===
en suspens
=== Further reading ===
“suspens”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Old French ==
=== Noun ===
suspens oblique singular, m (oblique plural suspens, nominative singular suspens, nominative plural suspens)
postponement; suspension (state of being postponed or suspended)
==== Descendants ====
→ Middle English: suspense
English: suspense, suspence (obsolete)→ French: suspense→ Korean: 서스펜스 (seoseupenseu)→ Polish: suspens
French: suspens
== Polish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from English suspense.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈsus.pɛns/, /ˈsas.pɛns/
Rhymes: -uspɛns, -aspɛns
Syllabification: sus‧pens
==== Noun ====
suspens m inan
(film, literature) suspense (technique in films and novels involving a pause in the flow of the plot, used to heighten tension or to surprise the viewer or reader with an unexpected turn of events)
Synonym: suspensja
===== Declension =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈsus.pɛns/
Rhymes: -uspɛns
Syllabification: sus‧pens
==== Noun ====
suspens f
genitive plural of suspensa
=== Further reading ===
“suspens”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
“suspens”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French suspens.
=== Adjective ===
suspens m or n (feminine singular suspensă, masculine plural suspenși, feminine/neuter plural suspense)
suspended
==== Declension ====
=== Noun ===
suspens n (plural suspensuri)
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==== Declension ====
=== References ===
suspens in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN