"interlude" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/, /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ljuːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interlude.wav Forms: interludes [plural]
Etymology: Latin inter- (“between”) + ludo (“to play”) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|inter-||between}} Latin inter- (“between”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} interlude (plural interludes)
  1. An intervening episode, etc. Translations (intervening episode etc): промеждутъчен епизод (promeždutǎčen epizod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), interlude [masculine] (French), Zwischenspiel [neuter] (German), wstawka [feminine] (Polish), интерлю́дия (intɛrljúdija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-interlude-en-noun-L-4-lfAe Disambiguation of 'intervening episode etc': 98 1 1
  2. An entertainment between the acts of a play. Translations (entertainment between the acts of a play): интерлюдия (interljudija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), interludi [masculine] (Catalan), interakto (Esperanto), välinäytös (Finnish), interlude [masculine] (French), ιντερλούδιο (interloúdio) [neuter] (Greek), interludio [masculine] (Italian), میانپرده (miyân-parde) (Persian), interludium [neuter] (Polish), intermedium [neuter] (Polish), intermezzo [neuter] (Polish), wstawka [feminine] (Polish), interlúdio [masculine] (Portuguese), интерлю́дия (intɛrljúdija) [feminine] (Russian), interludio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-interlude-en-noun-bWsqI3e3 Disambiguation of 'entertainment between the acts of a play': 1 86 13
  3. (music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition. Categories (topical): Music Translations (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition): интермецо (intermeco) [neuter] (Bulgarian), interludi [masculine] (Catalan), interakto (Esperanto), välisoitto (Finnish), interlude [masculine] (French), interludio [masculine] (Italian), interludium [neuter] (Polish), intermedium [neuter] (Polish), intermezzo [neuter] (Polish), wstawka [feminine] (Polish), interlúdio [masculine] (Portuguese), интерлю́дия (intɛrljúdija) [feminine] (Russian), interludio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-interlude-en-noun-Z3g3GuF2 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'short piece put between the parts of a longer composition': 1 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enterlude [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/, /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ljuːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interlude.wav Forms: interludes [present, singular, third-person], interluding [participle, present], interluded [participle, past], interluded [past]
Etymology: Latin inter- (“between”) + ludo (“to play”) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|inter-||between}} Latin inter- (“between”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} interlude (third-person singular simple present interludes, present participle interluding, simple past and past participle interluded)
  1. (transitive) To provide with an interlude. Tags: transitive Related terms: intermezzo, intermission, station break
    Sense id: en-interlude-en-verb-bAe43uyI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 21 32 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 9 20 25 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 16 16 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 16 27 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 11 11 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 14 25 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 13 16 18 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 16 15 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 16 18 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 15 19 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 16 17 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 11 15 26 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 16 15 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 13 16 20 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 16 18 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 22 24 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 16 15 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 12 16 64

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "promeždutǎčen epizod",
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      "sense": "entertainment between the acts of a play",
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      "sense": "entertainment between the acts of a play",
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      "word": "interlúdio"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "interludio"
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      "word": "intermission"
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      "word": "station break"
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          "ref": "2007 February 18, Tammy La Gorce, “Between Songs, Interludes That Fall Upon Deaf Ears”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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    },
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