suspens

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

suspens (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspenses)

1. perplexed, bewildered

   Synonym: perplex

suspens m (plural suspensos)

1. (narratology) suspense
2. (education) failure, failing grade
3. (law) abeyance

From Latin suspendis.

suspens

1. second-person singular present indicative of suspendre

• “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, 2025

From Latin suspēnsus.

• IPA^(key): /sys.pɑ̃/

suspens (invariable)

1. unresolved, outstanding
2. (of a clergyman) suspended (from his duties)

• en suspens

• “suspens”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

suspens oblique singular, m (oblique plural suspens, nominative singular suspens, nominative plural suspens)

1. postponement; suspension (state of being postponed or suspended)

   volons & grantons que cest article soit mis en suspens

   we want and we grant that this article be put into suspension

• → Middle English: suspense
  • English: suspense, suspence (obsolete)
    • → French: suspense
    • → Korean: 서스펜스 (seoseupenseu)
    • → Polish: suspens
• French: suspens

Borrowed from English suspense.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsus.pɛns/, /ˈsas.pɛns/

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• Rhymes: -uspɛns, -aspɛns
• Syllabification: sus‧pens

suspens m inan

1. (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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsus.pɛns/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uspɛns
• Syllabification: sus‧pens

suspens f

1. genitive plural of suspensa

• suspens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• suspens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French suspens.

suspens m or n (feminine singular suspensă, masculine plural suspenși, feminine and neuter plural suspense)

1. suspended

suspens n (plural suspensuri)

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• suspens in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN