interlude
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin inter- (“between”) + ludo (“to play”)
Pronunciation[edit]
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
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entertainment between the acts of a play
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short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
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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.