hiato
Italian
Noun
hiato m (plural hiati)
- (obsolete) alternative spelling of iato
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hiˈaː.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈaː.t̪o]
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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”), from hiō (“to stand open, to yawn”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈa.tu/ [ɪˈa.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈa.to/ [ɪˈa.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˈa.tu/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈja.tu/
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: hi‧a‧to
Noun
hiato m (plural hiatos)
- (linguistics, phonology) hiatus (syllable break between two vowels)
- A própria palavra "hiato" (hi-a-to) contém um hiato, pois as vogais "i" e "a" aparecem em sílabas diferentes.
- The word "hiato" (hi-a-to) itself contains a hiatus because the vowels "i" and "a" appear in different syllables.
- (anatomy) hiatus (opening in an organ)
- interruption; pause
- Synonyms: lapso, interrupção, lacuna, pausa, intervalo
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- hiato esofagiano
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ato
- IPA(key): /iˈato/ [iˈa.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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hiato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024