hiato
Italian
Noun
hiato m (plural hiati)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of iato
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hiˈaː.toː/, [hiˈäːt̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈa.to/, [iˈäːt̪o]
Verb
hiātō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of hiō
References
- hiato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- hiato in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- hiatus
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”), from hiō (“to stand open, to yawn”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈa.tu/ [ɪˈa.tu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈja.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈa.to/ [ɪˈa.to], (faster pronunciation) /ˈja.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˈa.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈja.tu/
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: hi‧a‧to
Noun
hiato m (plural hiatos)
- (phonology) hiatus (syllable break between two vowels)
- (anatomy) hiatus (opening in an organ)
- Synonyms: orifício, cavidade
- interruption; pause
- Synonyms: lapso, interrupção, lacuna, pausa, intervalo
Coordinate terms
- (syllable break between vowels): ditongo, tritongo
Derived terms
- hiato esofagiano
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin hiātus (“opening”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝato/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈjato/ [ˈja.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: hia‧to
Noun
hiato m (plural hiatos)
- hiatus (a syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant)
- gap, separation
- interruption
- (rare) crevice
- Synonyms: abertura, grieta
Further reading
- “hiato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014