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hiatus

/haɪˈeɪtəs/high-AY-tuhs
/haɪˈeɪtəs/high-AY-tuhs

Meaninga gap

Common meaning: a gap or pause

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHI‘yawn’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 119, p. 734 · scan
  2. Latinhiō, hiāre‘to gape’
  3. Englishhiatus‘a gap or pause’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin hiō ‘to gape’.

Roots

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