noun
Meaning 1
An intervening episode, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
interlude
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/
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/ˈɪntə(ɹ)ljuːd/
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CMU ARPABET: IH1 N T ER0 L UW2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An entertainment between the acts of a play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To provide with an interlude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To serve as an interlude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 6
a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intermezzo, entr'acte
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
noun
Meaning 7
an intervening period or episode
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time interval, interval
Narrower terms: entr'acte
verb
Meaning 8
perform an interlude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perform
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter- Latin lūdō English interlude From Latin inter- (“between”) + lūdō (“to play”).
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: միջնախաղ (miǰnaxaġ) — intervening episode etc
- Bulgarian: промеждутъчен епизод (promeždutǎčen epizod) — intervening episode etc
- French: interlude — intervening episode etc
- German: Zwischenspiel — intervening episode etc
- Hindi: अंतराल (antrāl) — intervening episode etc
- Japanese: 幕間 (makuai) — intervening episode etc
- Japanese: 間章 (kanshō) — intervening episode etc
- Polish: wstawka — intervening episode etc
- Russian: интерлю́дия (intɛrljúdija) — intervening episode etc
- Armenian: միջնախաղ (miǰnaxaġ) — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Armenian: միջնարար (miǰnarar) — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Armenian: անտրակտ (antrakt) — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Bulgarian: интерлюдия (interljudija) — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Catalan: interludi — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Esperanto: interakto — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Finnish: välinäytös — entertainment between the acts of a play
- French: interlude — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Greek: ιντερλούδιο (interloúdio) — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Italian: interludio — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Japanese: 幕間 (makuai) — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Persian: میانپرده (miyân-parde) — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Polish: interludium — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Polish: intermedium — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Polish: intermezzo — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Polish: wstawka — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Portuguese: interlúdio — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Russian: интерлю́дия (intɛrljúdija) — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Spanish: interludio — entertainment between the acts of a play
- Armenian: միջերգ (miǰerg) — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Armenian: անտրակտ (antrakt) — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Armenian: էպիզոդ (ēpizod) — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Armenian: ինտերմեդիա (intermedia) — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Bulgarian: интермецо (intermeco) — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Catalan: interludi — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Esperanto: interakto — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Finnish: välisoitto — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- French: interlude — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Hindi: अंतरा (antrā) — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Italian: interludio — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Japanese: 間奏 (kansō) — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Polish: interludium — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Polish: intermedium — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Polish: intermezzo — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Polish: wstawka — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Portuguese: interlúdio — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Russian: интерлю́дия (intɛrljúdija) — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
- Spanish: interludio — short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
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