hiatus
Meaning of hiatus
noun
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break or pause.
- An unexpected break from work.
- A gap in geological strata.
- An opening in an organ.
Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.
Information about hiatus
- It is a name.
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CatalanHyphenation of hiatus
hia-tus
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- hiatus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
hiatus synonyms
Meaning suspension:
suspension, respite, reprieve, abatement
Meaning foramen:
Meaning :
break, breather, moratorium, recess
Translation of hiatus
- German: Lücke, Spalt
- French: hiatus, foramen, réduction, diminution, baisse
- Spanish: hiato, reducción, disminución, alivio, aplacamiento
- Italian: abbattimento, diminuzione
Anagrams of hiatus
Words that rhyme with hiatus
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