"intermission" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intermission.wav [Southern-England] Forms: intermissions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: From Latin intermissiō, from intermittō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (change)}}, {{der|en|la|intermissiō}} Latin intermissiō, {{m|la|intermittō}} intermittō Head templates: {{en-noun}} intermission (plural intermissions)
  1. A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly. Categories (topical): Time Derived forms: intermissionless Related terms: intermit, intermittent Translations (break between performances or sessions): فاصِل (fāṣil) (Arabic), դադար (dadar) (Armenian), пауза (pauza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), intermedi [masculine] (Catalan), přestávka [feminine] (Czech), interakto (Esperanto), väliaika (Finnish), intermède [masculine] (French), interlude [masculine] (French), entracte [masculine] (French), Unterbrechung [feminine] (German), Pause [feminine] (German), मध्यांतर (madhyāntar) [masculine] (Hindi), szünet (Hungarian), hlé [neuter] (Icelandic), hvíld [feminine] (Icelandic), aflát [neuter] (Icelandic), intervallo [masculine] (Italian), pausa [feminine] (Italian), intermezzo [masculine] (Italian), intermedio [masculine] (Italian), intermissiō [feminine] (Latin), intercapedō [feminine] (Latin), dīlūdium [neuter] (Latin), ഇടവേള (iṭavēḷa) (Malayalam), anterbalo [masculine] (Mirandese), antrakt [masculine] (Polish), intervalo [masculine] (Portuguese), intermissão [feminine] (Portuguese), антра́кт (antrákt) [masculine] (Russian), переры́в (pererýv) [masculine] (Russian), па́уза (páuza) [feminine] (Russian), переме́на (pereména) (note: as in school) [feminine] (Russian), eadar-ùine [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), eadar-àm [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), intermisión [feminine] (Spanish), intermedio [masculine] (Spanish), paus (Swedish), entreakto (Tagalog), ara [singular] (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "iṭavēḷa",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "word": "ഇടവേള"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anterbalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antrakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intervalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intermissão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "antrákt",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "антра́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pererýv",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "переры́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "páuza",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́уза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "as in school",
      "roman": "pereména",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "переме́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eadar-ùine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eadar-àm"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intermisión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intermedio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "word": "paus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "word": "entreakto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "break between performances or sessions",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ara"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intermission"
}

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