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hiatus

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (opening) (mid-16th century), from hiō (stand open, yawn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiatus (countable and uncountable, plural hiatus or hiatuses)

  1. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
  2. An interruption, break or pause.
    The band decided to go on hiatus, citing creative differences.
    • 2023 December 13, Mel Holley, “Open access operations help to boost First's figures”, in RAIL, number 998, page 20:
      After a ten-year dividend hiatus, shareholder payments only re-started in July 2022.
  3. An unexpected break from work.
  4. (geology) A gap in geological strata.
    • 2012, Chinle Miller, “The Tectonic Forces of the Mesozoic”, in In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition, page 33:
      The beginning of the Mesozoic Era on the Colorado Plateau is marked by a regional hiatus or break of sedimentary deposition that lasted about 25 to 30 Ma.
  5. (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
    Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
  6. (linguistics, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
    Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.
  7. A temporary absence from the public or the mainstream.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English hiatus), ultimately from Latin hiātus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhiɑtus/, [ˈhiɑ̝t̪us̠]
  • Rhymes: -iɑtus
  • Hyphenation(key): hia‧tus

Noun

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hiatus

  1. (linguistics) A hiatus (syllable break between two vowels).
  2. (anatomy) A hiatus (opening in an organ).

Declension

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Inflection of hiatus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative hiatus hiatukset
genitive hiatuksen hiatusten
hiatuksien
partitive hiatusta hiatuksia
illative hiatukseen hiatuksiin
singular plural
nominative hiatus hiatukset
accusative nom. hiatus hiatukset
gen. hiatuksen
genitive hiatuksen hiatusten
hiatuksien
partitive hiatusta hiatuksia
inessive hiatuksessa hiatuksissa
elative hiatuksesta hiatuksista
illative hiatukseen hiatuksiin
adessive hiatuksella hiatuksilla
ablative hiatukselta hiatuksilta
allative hiatukselle hiatuksille
essive hiatuksena hiatuksina
translative hiatukseksi hiatuksiksi
abessive hiatuksetta hiatuksitta
instructive hiatuksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hiatus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hiatukseni hiatukseni
accusative nom. hiatukseni hiatukseni
gen. hiatukseni
genitive hiatukseni hiatusteni
hiatuksieni
partitive hiatustani hiatuksiani
inessive hiatuksessani hiatuksissani
elative hiatuksestani hiatuksistani
illative hiatukseeni hiatuksiini
adessive hiatuksellani hiatuksillani
ablative hiatukseltani hiatuksiltani
allative hiatukselleni hiatuksilleni
essive hiatuksenani hiatuksinani
translative hiatuksekseni hiatuksikseni
abessive hiatuksettani hiatuksittani
instructive
comitative hiatuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hiatuksesi hiatuksesi
accusative nom. hiatuksesi hiatuksesi
gen. hiatuksesi
genitive hiatuksesi hiatustesi
hiatuksiesi
partitive hiatustasi hiatuksiasi
inessive hiatuksessasi hiatuksissasi
elative hiatuksestasi hiatuksistasi
illative hiatukseesi hiatuksiisi
adessive hiatuksellasi hiatuksillasi
ablative hiatukseltasi hiatuksiltasi
allative hiatuksellesi hiatuksillesi
essive hiatuksenasi hiatuksinasi
translative hiatukseksesi hiatuksiksesi
abessive hiatuksettasi hiatuksittasi
instructive
comitative hiatuksinesi

Synonyms

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See also

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (opening), from hiō (stand open).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiatus m (plural hiatus)

  1. hiatus, gap
    Synonym: lacune
  2. (phonetics) hiatus

Further reading

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From hiō +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiātus m (genitive hiātūs); fourth declension

  1. A hiatus, opening, gap, aperture, cleft

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hiātus hiātūs
genitive hiātūs hiātuum
dative hiātuī hiātibus
accusative hiātum hiātūs
ablative hiātū hiātibus
vocative hiātus hiātūs

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: hiat
  • English: hiatus
  • French: hiatus
  • Italian: iato
  • Portuguese: hiato
  • Romanian: hiat
  • Spanish: hiato

References

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  • hiatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hiatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hiatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • hiatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Noun

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hiatus m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of hiato

Romanian

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Noun

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hiatus n (plural hiatusuri)

  1. Alternative form of hiat