hiatal
French, adjective/ja.tal/
hiatal is spelled H-I-A-T-A-L (6 letters). Hiatal is a French adjective meaning “hiatus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se rapporte à un hiatus, c'est-à-dire, en anatomie, un orifice”.
What does hiatal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hiatus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte à un hiatus, c'est-à-dire, en anatomie, un orifice.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hiatal
- hiatale feminine
- hiataux masculine plural
- hiatales feminine plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ja.tal\ singular masculine
- ^((h aspiré))\ja.to\ plural masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hiatal?
- /ja.tal/
- ^((h aspiré))\ja.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.