hiatus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin hiātus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hiō (“stand open, yawn”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiatus (countable and uncountable, plural hiatus or hiatuses)
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- 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.
- An unexpected break from work.
- (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.
- (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- (linguistics, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
- Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.
- A temporary absence from the public or the mainstream.
Synonyms edit
- (gap in series): break
- (interruption, break, pause): breather, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
gap in a series
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interruption, break or pause
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vacation
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gap in geological strata
anatomy: opening in an organ
syllable break between two vowels
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Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English hiatus), ultimately from Latin hiātus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiatus
- (linguistics) A hiatus (syllable break between two vowels).
- (anatomy) A hiatus (opening in an organ).
Declension edit
Inflection of hiatus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Synonyms edit
See also edit
- (linguistics): vokaaliyhtymä
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”), from hiō (“stand open”).
Pronunciation edit
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ja.tys/
- (proscribed) (aspirated h)
Audio (file)
Noun edit
hiatus m (plural hiatus)
Further reading edit
- “hiatus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hiˈaː.tus/, [hiˈäːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈa.tus/, [iˈäːt̪us]
Noun edit
hiātus m (genitive hiātūs); fourth declension
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | hiātus | hiātūs |
Genitive | hiātūs | hiātuum |
Dative | hiātuī | hiātibus |
Accusative | hiātum | hiātūs |
Ablative | hiātū | hiātibus |
Vocative | hiātus | hiātūs |
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: hiat
- → English: hiatus
- → Italian: iato
- → Portuguese: hiato
- → Romanian: hiat
- → Spanish: hiato
References edit
- “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 edit
Noun edit
hiatus m (invariable)
- Alternative form of hiato
Romanian edit
Noun edit
hiatus n (plural hiatusuri)
- Alternative form of hiat