suspens

suspendre

  1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to suspend, to hang
  2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to suspend, to hold off, defer momentarily
  3. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to suspend from work, duties, etc.
  4. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to fail, to not pass, to flunk

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Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin suspēnsus. Doublet of suspès. The narratological sense is a semantic loan from English.

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