interlude

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Latin inter- (“between”) + ludo (“to play”)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/, /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ljuːd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun[edit]

interlude (plural interludes)

An intervening episode, etc.
An entertainment between the acts of a play.
(music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.

Translations[edit]

intervening episode etc

Bulgarian: промеждутъчен епизод m (promeždutǎčen epizod)
French: interlude (fr) m
German: Zwischenspiel n
Polish: wstawka (pl) f
Russian: интерлю́дия (ru) f (intɛrljúdija)

entertainment between the acts of a play

Bulgarian: интерлюдия f (interljudija)
Catalan: interludi m
Esperanto: interakto
Finnish: välinäytös
French: interlude (fr) m
Greek: ιντερλούδιο (el) n (interloúdio)
Italian: interludio (it) m
Persian: میان‌پرده‎ (fa) (miyân-parde)
Polish: interludium n, intermedium n, intermezzo (pl) n, wstawka (pl) f
Portuguese: interlúdio (pt) m
Russian: интерлю́дия (ru) f (intɛrljúdija)
Spanish: interludio (es) m

short piece put between the parts of a longer composition

Bulgarian: интермецо n (intermeco)
Catalan: interludi m
Esperanto: interakto
Finnish: välisoitto
French: interlude (fr) m
Italian: interludio (it) m
Polish: interludium n, intermedium n, intermezzo (pl) n, wstawka (pl) f
Portuguese: interlúdio (pt) m
Russian: интерлю́дия (ru) f (intɛrljúdija)
Spanish: interludio (es) m

Verb[edit]

interlude (third-person singular simple present interludes, present participle interluding, simple past and past participle interluded)

(transitive) To provide with an interlude.
- 2007 February 18, Tammy La Gorce, “Between Songs, Interludes That Fall Upon Deaf Ears”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them.