how to pronounce hiatus

/ja.tys/

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hiatus is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hiatus in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… décalage de dissonances hiatus entre les …”

meanings of hiatus

noun:

Hiatus, gap.
Hiatus.

hiatus frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hiatus occurs in french on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.