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hiato.

hiatus (a syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʝato/[ˈɟ͡ʝa.t̪o]/ˈʝato/[ˈɟ͡ʝa.t̪o]
  1. hiatus (a syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant)

    masculine
  2. gap, separation

    masculine
  3. interruption

    masculine
  4. crevice

    masculine · rare
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.