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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-ey-tuh s]
- /haɪˈeɪ təs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-ey-tuh s]
- /haɪˈeɪ təs/
Definitions of hiatal word
- noun plural hiatal a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 1
- noun plural hiatal a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript. 1
- noun plural hiatal any gap or opening. 1
- noun plural hiatal Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily. 1
- noun plural hiatal Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure. 1
- adjective hiatal (anatomy) hiatus (attributive). 0
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Origin of hiatal
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; < Latin hiātus opening, gap, equivalent to hiā(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action
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Parts of speech for Hiatal
noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hiatal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hiatal usage trend in Literature
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