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Webster 1913 Edition
Hiatus
Hi-a′tus
,Noun.
pl. L.
Hiatus
, E. Hiatuses
(#)
. 1.
An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
2.
(Gram.)
The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.
Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hiatus
HIA'TUS
,Noun.
1.
An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm.2.
The opening of the mouth in reading or speaking, when a word ends with a vowel,and the following word begins with a vowel.3.
A defect; a chasm in a manuscript,where some part is lost or effaced.Definition 2024
hiatus
hiatus
English
Noun
hiatus (plural hiatus or hiatuses)
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break or pause.
- An unexpected break from work.
- The band took a hiatus for three months.
- (geology) A gap in geological strata.
- (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- (linguistics)
Synonyms
- break (1)
Translations
gap in a series
interruption, break or pause
vacation
gap in geological strata
anatomy: opening in an organ
syllable break between two vowels
condition of having such a break
Finnish
Noun
hiatus
- (linguistics) A hiatus (syllable break between two vowels).
- (anatomy) A hiatus (opening in an organ).
Declension
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | hiatuksin | |
| abessive | hiatuksetta | hiatuksitta | |
| comitative | — | hiatuksineen | |
Synonyms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Latin hiātus (“opening”), from hiō (“stand open”).
Noun
hiatus m (plural hiatus)
Synonyms
- (gap): lacune
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hiˈaː.tus/, [hɪˈaː.tʊs]
Noun
hiātus m (genitive hiātūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hiātus | hiātūs |
| genitive | hiātūs | hiātuum |
| dative | hiātuī | hiātibus |
| accusative | hiātum | hiātūs |
| ablative | hiātū | hiātibus |
| vocative | hiātus | hiātūs |
Synonyms
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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hiatus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.