"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), अंतराल (antrāl) [masculine] (Hindi), 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), अंतरा (antrā) [masculine] (Hindi), 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
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "intermezzo"
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      "word": "intermission"
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      "word": "station break"
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          "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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