interrupt

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• /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/
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• /ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/
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From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: přerušení — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Finnish: keskeytys — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• German: Interrupt — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Greek: διακοπή (diakopí) — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Hungarian: megszakítás — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Hungarian: programmegszakítás — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Japanese: 割り込み (warikomi) — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Polish: przerwanie — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Russian: прерывание (preryvanije) — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Serbo-Croatian: prekid — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Spanish: interrupción — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Turkish: iş kesme — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Turkish: kesme — an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
• Albanian: ndërpres — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Arabic: قَاطَعَ (qāṭaʕa) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Belarusian: перапыня́ць (pjerapynjácʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Belarusian: перапыні́ць (pjerapynícʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Bulgarian: прекъсвам (prekǎsvam) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Bulgarian: препятствам (prepjatstvam) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Catalan: interrompre — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Chinese Cantonese: 插口 (caap3 hau2) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Chinese Mandarin: 打斷 /打断 (dǎduàn) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Chinese Mandarin: 插嘴 (chāzuǐ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Chinese Mandarin: 中斷 /中断 (zhōngduàn) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Chinese Mandarin: 打擾 /打扰 (dǎrǎo) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Czech: přerušit — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Danish: afbryde — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Dutch: afbreken — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Dutch: onderbreken — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Esperanto: interrompi — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Finnish: katkaista — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Finnish: keskeyttää — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• French: interrompre — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• French: couper — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• German: unterbrechen — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Greek: διακόπτω (diakópto) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Hindi: टोकना (ṭoknā) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Hungarian: félbeszakít — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Hungarian: megszakít — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Hungarian: megzavar — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Hungarian: megakaszt — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Hungarian: abbahagy — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Interlingua: interrumper — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Irish: cuir isteach ar — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Italian: interrompere — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Italian: tagliare — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Italian: interrompersi — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Japanese: 中断する (chūdan suru) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Japanese: 邪魔する (jama suru) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Japanese: 遮る (saegiru) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Khmer: បង្អាក់ (bɑŋ’ak) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵدان (helldan) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Northern Kurdish: ragirtin — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Northern Kurdish: vebirîn — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Northern Kurdish: rawestandin — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Northern Kurdish: sekinandin — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Kyrgyz: үзүү (üzüü) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Latin: interrumpō — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Lithuanian: pertraukti — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Lithuanian: nutraukti — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Māori: whakapōnānā — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Māori: titere — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Māori: aruaru — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Māori: kohiko — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Māori: kaiwaenga — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Norwegian: avbryte — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Occitan: interrompre — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Occitan: copar — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Polish: przerywać — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Polish: przerwać — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Polish: wtrącać się — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Polish: wtrącić się — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Portuguese: interromper — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Punjabi: ٹَوکݨا (ṭaukṇā) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Quechua: p'itiy — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Romanian: întrerupe — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: прерыва́ть (preryvátʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: прерва́ть (prervátʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: обрыва́ть (obryvátʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: оборва́ть (oborvátʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: перебива́ть (perebivátʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: переби́ть (perebítʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: вме́шиваться (vméšivatʹsja) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: вмеша́ться (vmešátʹsja) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: меша́ть (mešátʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Russian: помеша́ть (pomešátʹ) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Spanish: interrumpir — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Spanish: interromper — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Swedish: avbryta — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Swedish: förhindra — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Swedish: stävja — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Turkish: kesilmek — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Turkish: kesmek — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Turkish: araya girmek — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Ukrainian: перерива́ти (pereryváty) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Ukrainian: перерва́ти (pererváty) — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Volapük: ropön — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Welsh: torri ar — to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
• Finnish: keskeyttää — to assert an exceptional condition
• Hungarian: megszakít — to assert an exceptional condition
• Japanese: 割り込む (warikomu) — to assert an exceptional condition
• Portuguese: interromper — to assert an exceptional condition
• Russian: прерыва́ть (preryvátʹ) — to assert an exceptional condition
• Russian: прерва́ть (prervátʹ) — to assert an exceptional condition
• Turkish: kesmek — to assert an exceptional condition
• German: unterbrechen — computing: to assert that an exceptional condition must be handled
• Turkish: iş kesmek — computing: to assert that an exceptional condition must be handled
• Turkish: kesmek — computing: to assert that an exceptional condition must be handled