hiatus

US/haɪˈeɪtəs/

nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,313 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: hiatuses

A hiatus is a gap or break in the middle of something. A brief hiatus, on hiatus, after a long hiatus.

A band or a show on hiatus is stopped without being finished, which is a useful piece of diplomacy. The Latin means a gaping, and in linguistics a hiatus is two vowels meeting with no consonant between them.

Definitions of hiatus

1nounhiatusA gap or break in the middle of something.C1
“After a two-year hiatus, the band returned with a new album.”

hiatus is a gap.

Where it comes from

Latin hiatus means an opening or gaping, from hiare, to yawn.

Latin
hiātus — opening
English, today
hiatus

Built from

hiō · Latin — stand open, yawn

Latin hiātus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hiō (“stand open, yawn”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

hiatus in the wild

The diagnosis of hiatus hernias is often done by endoscopy.
Hernia
A hiatus hernia may be treated with lifestyle changes such as raising the head of the bed, weight loss and adjusting eating habits.
Hernia
After a hiatus from 2002 to 2005, the band regrouped and toured for several years before releasing Warpaint in 2008, which reached number 5 on the Billboard chart.
The Black Crowes
Following the release of their greatest hits/acoustic double album Croweology in August 2010, the band started a 20th anniversary tour that was followed by a second hiatus.
The Black Crowes
Post-hiatus shows since 2012 have been with Oskar Humlebo on guitar instead of Svensson.
The Cardigans

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