hiatus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hiō (“stand open, yawn”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /haɪˈeɪtəs/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /hɐˈjaː.t̪ʊs/ Rhymes: -eɪtəs === Noun === hiatus (countable and uncountable, plural hiatus or hiatuses) A gap in a series, making it incomplete. Synonym: break An interruption, break, pause or absence. Synonyms: breather, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected. (geology) A gap in geological strata. (anatomy) An opening in an organ. (prosody, phonetics, sometimes uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. Coordinate terms: diphthong, synizesis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Atushi, hutias == Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see English hiatus), ultimately from Latin hiātus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiɑtus/, [ˈhiɑ̝t̪us̠] Rhymes: -iɑtus Syllabification(key): hi‧a‧tus Hyphenation(key): hia‧tus === Noun === hiatus (linguistics) hiatus (syllable break between two vowels) (anatomy) hiatus (opening in an organ) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (opening in an organ): aukko, avanne ==== See also ==== (linguistics): vokaaliyhtymä === Anagrams === haisut, haitsu, hitaus == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”), from hiō (“stand open”). === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /ja.tys/ (proscribed) (aspirated h) === Noun === hiatus m (invariable) hiatus, gap Synonym: lacune (phonetics) hiatus === Further reading === “hiatus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“hiatus, opening, gap, aperture, cleft”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /hiˈatus/ [hiˈa.t̪ʊs] Rhymes: -atus Syllabification: hi‧a‧tus === Noun === hiatus (plural hiatus-hiatus) (linguistics) hiatus === Further reading === “hiatus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Alternative forms === hyātus (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From hiō +‎ -tus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hiˈaː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈaː.tus] === Noun === hiātus m (genitive hiātūs); fourth declension a hiatus, opening (especially of the mouth), gap, aperture, cleft Synonyms: rīma, rictus a longing, desire ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== hiantia ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: hiat → English: hiatus → French: hiatus → Italian: iato → Portuguese: hiato → Romanian: hiat → Spanish: hiato === References === “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, 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. == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hiatus. === Pronunciation === (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈhjatus/ [ˈhja.t̪us] Rhymes: -atus, -us Hyphenation: hia‧tus === Noun === hiatus (plural hiatus-hiatus or hiatus2) hiatus a gap in a series, making it incomplete an interruption, break or pause (anatomy) an opening in an organ (linguistics) a syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant === Further reading === "hiatus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin hiatus. === Noun === hiatus m (invariable) alternative form of hiato == Romanian == === Noun === hiatus n (plural hiatusuri) alternative form of hiat