different between halt vs hiatus
halt
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??lt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /h?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
Etymology 1
From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-Germanic *halt?n?. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.
Verb
halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)
- (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
- Do not smile at me that I boast her of,
- For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise,
- And make it halt behind her.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
- (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- #*
- How long halt ye between two opinions?
- #*
- (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To waver.
- To falter.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). More at hold.
Verb
halt (third-person singular simple present halts, present participle halting, simple past and past participle halted)
- (intransitive) To stop marching.
- (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
- And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
- (transitive) To bring to a stop.
- (transitive) To cause to discontinue.
Synonyms
- (to stop marching):
- (to stop): brake, desist, stay; See also Thesaurus:stop
- (to cause something to stop): freeze, immobilize; See also Thesaurus:immobilize
- (to cause to discontinue): break off, terminate, shut down, stop; See also Thesaurus:desist
Translations
Noun
halt (plural halts)
- A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
- (rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
Synonyms
- (cessation: temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
- (cessation: permanent): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.
Adjective
halt (comparative more halt, superlative most halt)
- (archaic) Lame, limping.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IX:
- It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […]
- Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IX:
Noun
halt (plural halts)
- (dated) Lameness; a limp.
Anagrams
- lath, thal
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German halt. Cognate with German halt (adverb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /halt/
Adverb
halt
- so, just, simply
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
- Chömmer halt e chli früner. Schadet a nüt.
- So we'll arrive a little earlier. Won't do any harm.
- Chömmer halt e chli früner. Schadet a nüt.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
Danish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
halt
- lame
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /halt/
Etymology 1
From the verb halten (“to hold; to stop”).
Verb
halt
- singular imperative of halten
Interjection
halt!
- stop!, wait!
Descendants
- ? Dutch: halt
- ? Italian: alt
- ? Spanish: alto
- ? Portuguese: alto
- ? Middle French: halt
- French: halte
- ? Dutch: halte
- ? English: halt
- French: halte
Etymology 2
From Middle High German halt, pertaining to Old High German halto (“soon, fast”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haldiz, an adverbial comparative like *batiz.
Adverb
halt
- (colloquial, modal particle) Indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed
Usage notes
- The word is originally southern German and is still so considered by some contemporary dictionaries. It has, however, become common throughout the language area during the past decades.
Synonyms
- eben
See also
- ja
Hungarian
Etymology
hal (“to die”) +? -t (past-tense and past-participle suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?h?lt]
- Hyphenation: halt
- Rhymes: -?lt
Verb
halt
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of hal
Participle
halt
- past participle of hal
Declension
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hal??t??]
Noun
halt m
- h-prothesized form of alt
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse haltr, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz.
Pronunciation
- Homophones: hallt, halvt
Adjective
halt (indefinite singular halt, definite singular and plural halte, comparative haltare, indefinite superlative haltast, definite superlative haltaste)
- limp, limping
Verb
halt
- imperative of halta and halte
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Participle
halt (definite singular and plural halte)
- past participle of hala and hale
Verb
halt
- supine of hala and hale
References
- “halt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From a conflation of Frankish *hauh, *h?h (“high, tall, elevated”) and Latin altus (“high, raised, profound”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [?ha?t]
Adjective
halt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular halte)
- high; elevated
Adverb
halt
- loud; loudly
Derived terms
- haltement
Descendants
- Middle French: hault
- French: haut
Old Norse
Adjective
halt
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of haltr
Verb
halt
- second-person singular imperative active of halda
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hiatus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hi?tus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hi? (“stand open, yawn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha??e?t?s/
- Rhymes: -e?t?s
Noun
hiatus (countable and uncountable, plural hiatus or hiatuses)
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break or pause.
- An unexpected break from work.
- Berserk's hiatus seems like it‘s never going to end.
- (geology) A gap in geological strata.
- (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- (linguistics, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
- Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.
Synonyms
- (gap in series): break
- (interruption, break, pause): breather, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
Derived terms
- hiatus hernia
Translations
Anagrams
- hutias
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hi?tus/, [?hi?t?us?]
- Rhymes: -i?tus
- Syllabification: hi?a?tus
Noun
hiatus
- (linguistics) A hiatus (syllable break between two vowels).
- (anatomy) A hiatus (opening in an organ).
Declension
Synonyms
- (opening in an organ): aukko, avanne
See also
- (linguistics): vokaaliyhtymä
Anagrams
- haisut, haitsu, hitaus
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin hi?tus (“opening”), from hi? (“stand open”).
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ja.tys/
- (proscribed) (aspirated h)
Noun
hiatus m (plural hiatus)
- hiatus, gap
- Synonym: lacune
- (phonetics) hiatus
Further reading
- “hiatus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Alternative forms
- hy?tus (medieval)
Etymology
From hi? +? -tus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hi?a?.tus/, [hi?ä?t??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i?a.tus/, [i???t?us]
Noun
hi?tus m (genitive hi?t?s); fourth declension
- A hiatus, opening, gap, aperture, cleft
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Synonyms
- hiantia
References
- hiatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hiatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hiatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- hiatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
hiatus m (plural hiatus)
- Alternative form of hiato
Romanian
Noun
hiatus n (plural hiatusuri)
- Alternative form of hiat
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