English Explanatory Dictionary

interlude

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An intervening episode, etc.
  2. An entertainment between the acts of a play.
  3. A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.
verb
  1. To provide with an interlude.
  2. To serve as an interlude.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/ /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ljuːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interlude.wav

Word forms

interlude interludes enterlude interluding interluded

Etymology

Latin inter- (“between”) + ludo (“to play”)

Related words

intermezzo intermission station break

Derived words

interluder interludial Quaalude
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