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/haɪˈeɪtəs/
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/hɐˈjaː.t̪ʊs/
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A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: break
Antonyms: none provided
An interruption, break, pause or absence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The band decided to go on hiatus, citing creative differences.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breather, moratorium, recess, break, cessation, demurral, gap, caesura, hiatus, halt, halting, interregnum, interruption, lapse, pause, respite, resting, stoppage, stopping, suspension
Antonyms: none provided
An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A gap in geological strata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An opening in an organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: sometimes, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foramen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opening, gap
Narrower terms: interventricular foramen, foramen of Monro, Monro's foramen, foramen magnum
a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: piece
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: suspension, respite, reprieve, abatement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interruption, break
Narrower terms: defervescence, remission, remittal, subsidence
Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hiō (“stand open, yawn”).
Across languages
Translations 132 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
празнина
(praznina)
— gap in a series
Czech :
mezera
— gap in a series
Dutch :
hiaat
— gap in a series
Dutch :
lacune
— gap in a series
Finnish :
aukko
— gap in a series
French :
hiatus
— gap in a series
French :
lacune
— gap in a series
Galician :
hiato
— gap in a series
German :
Lücke
— gap in a series
Greek :
χάσμα
(chásma)
— gap in a series
Hungarian :
kihagyás
— gap in a series
Hungarian :
hézag
— gap in a series
Icelandic :
hljóðgap
— gap in a series
Italian :
iato
— gap in a series
Italian :
buco
— gap in a series
Italian :
lacuna
— gap in a series
Polish :
luka
— gap in a series
Portuguese :
hiato
— gap in a series
Portuguese :
lacuna
— gap in a series
Russian :
пробе́л
(probél)
— gap in a series
Russian :
про́пуск
(própusk)
— gap in a series
Russian :
лаку́на
(lakúna)
— gap in a series
Southern Altai :
божодылып калган јер
(božodïlïp kalgan ǰer)
— gap in a series
Southern Altai :
куру јер
(kuru ǰer)
— gap in a series
Swedish :
uppehåll
— gap in a series
Swedish :
gap
— gap in a series
Ottoman Turkish :
آرالق
(aralık)
— gap in a series
Bulgarian :
прекъсване
(prekǎsvane)
— interruption, break or pause
Czech :
pauza
— interruption, break or pause
Czech :
přerušení
— interruption, break or pause
Czech :
přestávka
— interruption, break or pause
Dutch :
hiaat
— interruption, break or pause
Dutch :
gat
— interruption, break or pause
Dutch :
onderbreking
— interruption, break or pause
Dutch :
interruptie
— interruption, break or pause
Dutch :
pauze
— interruption, break or pause
Finnish :
tauko
— interruption, break or pause
Finnish :
keskeytys
— interruption, break or pause
Georgian :
პაუზა
(ṗauza)
— interruption, break or pause
Georgian :
შეჩერება
(šečereba)
— interruption, break or pause
Georgian :
ხტული
(xṭuli)
— interruption, break or pause
German :
Unterbrechung
— interruption, break or pause
German :
Pause
— interruption, break or pause
Greek :
παύση
(páfsi)
— interruption, break or pause
Hungarian :
megszakítás
— interruption, break or pause
Hungarian :
szünetelés
— interruption, break or pause
Hungarian :
szünet
— interruption, break or pause
Italian :
pausa
— interruption, break or pause
Italian :
iato
— interruption, break or pause
Italian :
interruzione
— interruption, break or pause
Italian :
periodo sabbatico
— interruption, break or pause
Japanese :
中断
(chūdan)
— interruption, break or pause
Plautdietsch :
Bruch
— interruption, break or pause
Polish :
przerwa
— interruption, break or pause
Russian :
переры́в
(pererýv)
— interruption, break or pause
Spanish :
pausa
— interruption, break or pause
Spanish :
hiato
— interruption, break or pause
Swedish :
uppehåll
— interruption, break or pause
Swedish :
avbrott
— interruption, break or pause
Turkish :
sekte
— interruption, break or pause
Ottoman Turkish :
آرالق
(aralık)
— interruption, break or pause
Bulgarian :
празнина
(praznina)
— temporary break from work
Dutch :
vakantie
— temporary break from work
Finnish :
loma
— temporary break from work
German :
Unterbrechung
— temporary break from work
German :
Urlaub
— temporary break from work
German :
Ferien
— temporary break from work
German :
Auszeit
— temporary break from work
Italian :
iato
— temporary break from work
Italian :
vacanza
— temporary break from work
Italian :
pausa
— temporary break from work
Italian :
periodo sabbatico
— temporary break from work
Norwegian :
ferie
— temporary break from work
Portuguese :
hiato
— temporary break from work
Spanish :
vacaciones
— temporary break from work
Spanish :
descanso
— temporary break from work
Swedish :
uppehåll
— temporary break from work
Ottoman Turkish :
آرالق
(aralık)
— temporary break from work
Finnish :
aukko
— gap in geological strata
French :
hiatus
— gap in geological strata
French :
discordance
— gap in geological strata
German :
Hiat
— gap in geological strata
German :
Hiatus
— gap in geological strata
Italian :
breccia
— gap in geological strata
Italian :
iato
— gap in geological strata
Russian :
тре́щина
(tréščina)
— gap in geological strata
Spanish :
hiato
— gap in geological strata
Swedish :
hiatus
— gap in geological strata
Arabic :
فُرْجَة
(furja)
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Catalan :
hiat
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Czech :
hiát
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Czech :
skulina
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Finnish :
aukko
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Finnish :
rako
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Finnish :
hiatus
— anatomy: opening in an organ
French :
hiatus
— anatomy: opening in an organ
German :
Hiat
— anatomy: opening in an organ
German :
Hiatus
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Italian :
iato
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Northern Kurdish :
kortal
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Latin :
hiatus
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Portuguese :
hiato
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Spanish :
hiato
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Swedish :
hiatus
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Tagalog :
lusutan
— anatomy: opening in an organ
Asturian :
hiatu
— syllable break between two vowels
Czech :
hiát
— syllable break between two vowels
Czech :
průzev
— syllable break between two vowels
Dutch :
hiaat
— syllable break between two vowels
Faroese :
ljóðglopp
— syllable break between two vowels
Finnish :
hiatus
— syllable break between two vowels
Finnish :
tavunraja
— syllable break between two vowels
Finnish :
vokaaliyhtymä
— syllable break between two vowels
French :
hiatus
— syllable break between two vowels
German :
Hiat
— syllable break between two vowels
German :
Hiatus
— syllable break between two vowels
Greek :
χασμωδία
(chasmodía)
— syllable break between two vowels
Hungarian :
hangrés
— syllable break between two vowels
Hungarian :
hangűr
— syllable break between two vowels
Hungarian :
hiátus
— syllable break between two vowels
Hungarian :
magánhangzó-torlódás
— syllable break between two vowels
Indonesian :
hiatus
— syllable break between two vowels
Irish :
séanas
— syllable break between two vowels
Italian :
iato
— syllable break between two vowels
Polish :
rozziew
— syllable break between two vowels
Portuguese :
hiato
— syllable break between two vowels
Russian :
зия́ние
(zijánije)
— syllable break between two vowels
Russian :
хиа́тус
(xiátus)
— syllable break between two vowels
Scottish Gaelic :
hiatas
— syllable break between two vowels
Spanish :
hiato
— syllable break between two vowels
Swedish :
hiatus
— syllable break between two vowels
Swedish :
vokalmöte
— syllable break between two vowels
