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in·ter·lude

(ĭn′tər-lo͞od′)

1. An intervening episode, feature, or period of time: "Kerensky has a place in history, of a brief interlude between despotisms" (William Safire).

a. A short farcical entertainment performed between the acts of a medieval mystery or morality play.

b. A 16th-century genre of comedy derived from this.

c. An entertainment between the acts of a play.

3. Music A short piece inserted between the parts of a longer composition.

[Middle English enterlude, a dramatic entertainment, from Old French entrelude, from Medieval Latin interlūdium : Latin inter-, inter- + Latin lūdus, play; see leid- in Indo-European roots.]

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interlude

(ˈɪntəˌluːd)

1. a period of time or different activity between longer periods, processes, or events; episode or interval

2. (Theatre) theatre a short dramatic piece played separately or as part of a longer entertainment, common in 16th-century England

3. (Theatre) a brief piece of music, dance, etc, given between the sections of another performance

[C14: from Medieval Latin interlūdium, from Latin inter- + lūdus play]

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in•ter•lude

(ˈɪn tərˌlud)

n.

1. an intervening episode, period, or space.

a. an early English comedic sketch performed between the parts of a play or other entertainment.

b. a play, esp. a comedy or farce, derived from this.

c. a morality play of the 14th to 16th centuries, typically containing farcical or comic elements.

3. any intermediate performance or entertainment, as between the acts of a play.

4. an instrumental passage or a piece of music rendered between the parts of a song, church service, drama, etc.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Medieval Latin = Latin inter- inter- + lūd(ere) to play + -ium -ium¹]

in`ter•lu′di•al, adj.

interlude

A medieval morality play.

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Noun	1.	interlude - an intervening period or episode interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants entr'acte - the interlude between two acts of a play
	2.	interlude - a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance entr'acte, intermezzo show - the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a remarkable show of skill" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
Verb	1.	interlude - perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation" music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

interlude

noun interval, break, spell, stop, rest, halt, episode, pause, respite, stoppage, breathing space, hiatus, intermission, entr'acte It was a happy interlude in her life.

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Translations

فاصِل موسيقي، إسْتِراحَه

interludi

přestávka

pause

Intermezzo Pause

interludio

välinäytösvälisoitto

intermède pause repos trêve

felvonásköz

hlé

interludio intervallo

starpbrīdisstarpspēle

interlude

[ˈɪntəluːd] N → intervalo m, intermedio m; (in theatre) → intermedio m; (= musical interlude) → interludio m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

interlude

[ˈɪntə^rluːd] n

(= short period) → intermède m
a happy interlude in his life → un intermède heureux dans sa vie

(in programme) → intermède m musical interlude

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interlude

n → Periode f; (Theat) (= interval) → Pause f; (= performance) → Zwischenspiel nt; (Mus) → Interludium nt; (= episode) → Intermezzo nt, → Episode f; a peaceful interlude in his busy life → eine friedliche Unterbrechung seines geschäftigen Lebens

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interlude

[ˈɪntəluːd] n → parentesi f inv, intervallo (Theatre) → intermezzo
musical interlude → interludio

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interlude

(ˈintəluːd) noun

a usually short period or gap, eg between the acts of a play etc. We bought an ice-cream during the interlude; an interlude of calm during the violence.

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Mademoiselle played a soft interlude. It was an improvisation.

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He pulled himself together - it had been a very realistic little interlude.

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He would look on the affair as no more than an interlude in the main business of his life.

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In the matter of love, as in all other affairs, he willingly assented to temporizing and adjusting terms; and a good supper, and an amiable tête-a-tête appeared to him, especially when he was hungry, an excellent interlude between the prologue and the catastrophe of a love adventure.

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At this moment, however, the presence of Madame Servin produced an interlude in the drama thus played below the surface in these various young hearts, the sentiments, ideas, and progress of which were expressed by phrases that were almost allegorical, by mischievous glances, by gestures, by silence even, more intelligible than words.

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'Oh!' said the manager, 'the little ballet interlude. Very good, go on.

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