# hiatus
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /haɪˈeɪtəs/
* (Philippines) IPA: /hɐˈjaː.t̪ʊs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪtəs

### Noun

hiatus (countable and uncountable, plural hiatus or hiatuses)
* A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
** 1912, Robert Louis Stevenson, Records of a Family of Engineers‎:Even the mechanical engineer comes at last to an end of his figures, and must stand up, a practical man, face to face with the discrepancies of nature and the hiatuses of theory.
* An interruption, break or pause.
    The band decided to go on hiatus, citing creative differences.
** 1895, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters: […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:It is wonderful that you should have slipped back into your American life so easily after your English hiatus.
** 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.)
** 1891 February–December, Robert Louis Stevenson, In the South Seas […], New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1896, →OCLC:A hiatus is agreeable to any Polynesian ear; the ear even of the stranger soon grows used to these barbaric voids; but only in the Marquesan will you find such names as Haaii and Paaaeua, when each individual vowel must be separately uttered.
* A temporary absence from the public or the mainstream.

#### Synonyms

* (gap in series): break
* (interruption, break, pause): breather, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

#### Derived terms

* adductor hiatus
* hiatic
* hiatus hernia
* hiatus magnus

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Anagrams

* Atushi, hutias

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhiɑtus/, [ˈhiɑ̝t̪us̠]
* Rhymes: -iɑtus
* Hyphenation: hia‧tus

### Noun

hiatus
* (linguistics) hiatus (syllable break between two vowels)
* (anatomy) hiatus (opening in an organ)

#### Declension

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
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hiatuksemme
hiatuksemme
accusative
nom.
hiatuksemme
hiatuksemme
gen.
hiatuksemme
genitive
hiatuksemme
hiatustemme hiatuksiemme
partitive
hiatustamme
hiatuksiamme
inessive
hiatuksessamme
hiatuksissamme
elative
hiatuksestamme
hiatuksistamme
illative
hiatukseemme
hiatuksiimme
adessive
hiatuksellamme
hiatuksillamme
ablative
hiatukseltamme
hiatuksiltamme
allative
hiatuksellemme
hiatuksillemme
essive
hiatuksenamme
hiatuksinamme
translative
hiatukseksemme
hiatuksiksemme
abessive
hiatuksettamme
hiatuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—hiatuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hiatuksenne
hiatuksenne
accusative
nom.
hiatuksenne
hiatuksenne
gen.
hiatuksenne
genitive
hiatuksenne
hiatustenne hiatuksienne
partitive
hiatustanne
hiatuksianne
inessive
hiatuksessanne
hiatuksissanne
elative
hiatuksestanne
hiatuksistanne
illative
hiatukseenne
hiatuksiinne
adessive
hiatuksellanne
hiatuksillanne
ablative
hiatukseltanne
hiatuksiltanne
allative
hiatuksellenne
hiatuksillenne
essive
hiatuksenanne
hiatuksinanne
translative
hiatukseksenne
hiatuksiksenne
abessive
hiatuksettanne
hiatuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—hiatuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hiatuksensa
hiatuksensa
accusative
nom.
hiatuksensa
hiatuksensa
gen.
hiatuksensa
genitive
hiatuksensa
hiatustensa hiatuksiensa
partitive
hiatustaan hiatustansa
hiatuksiaan hiatuksiansa
inessive
hiatuksessaan hiatuksessansa
hiatuksissaan hiatuksissansa
elative
hiatuksestaan hiatuksestansa
hiatuksistaan hiatuksistansa
illative
hiatukseensa
hiatuksiinsa
adessive
hiatuksellaan hiatuksellansa
hiatuksillaan hiatuksillansa
ablative
hiatukseltaan hiatukseltansa
hiatuksiltaan hiatuksiltansa
allative
hiatukselleen hiatuksellensa
hiatuksilleen hiatuksillensa
essive
hiatuksenaan hiatuksenansa
hiatuksinaan hiatuksinansa
translative
hiatuksekseen hiatukseksensa
hiatuksikseen hiatuksiksensa
abessive
hiatuksettaan hiatuksettansa
hiatuksittaan hiatuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—hiatuksineen hiatuksinensa :

#### 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

* IPA: /ja.tys/
* (proscribed)
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hiatus m (plural hiatus)
* hiatus, gap
    Synonym: lacune
* (phonetics) hiatus

### Further reading

* “hiatus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* hyātus (Medieval Latin)

### Etymology

From hiō +‎ -tus.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /hiˈaː.tus/, [hiˈäːt̪ʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /iˈa.tus/, [iˈäːt̪us]

### Noun

hiātus m (genitive hiātūs); fourth declension
* A hiatus, opening, gap, aperture, cleft

#### 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’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
### Noun

hiatus m (invariable)
* Alternative form of hiato

## Romanian
### Noun

hiatus n (plural hiatusuri)
* Alternative form of hiat