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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•lude /ˈɪntɚˌlud/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an episode, period, or space that comes between others:a quiet interlude between storms.
- Show Businessa short musical piece between the acts of a play.
See -lud-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•lude (in′tər lo̅o̅d′),USA pronunciation n. - an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- Literature, Show Businessa short dramatic piece, esp. of a light or farcical character, formerly introduced between the parts or acts of miracle and morality plays or given as part of other entertainments.
- Literature, Show Businessone of the early English farces or comedies, as those written by John Heywood, which grew out of such pieces.
- any intermediate performance or entertainment, as between the acts of a play.
- Music and Dancean instrumental passage or a piece of music rendered between the parts of a song, church service, drama, etc.
- Medieval Latin interlūdium, equivalent. to Latin inter- inter- + lūd(us) play + -ium -ium
- Middle English 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged interval, respite, intermission, pause.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: interlude /ˈɪntəˌluːd/ n - a period of time or different activity between longer periods, processes, or events; episode or interval
- a short dramatic piece played separately or as part of a longer entertainment, common in 16th-century England
- a brief piece of music, dance, etc, given between the sections of another performance
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin interlūdium, from Latin inter- + lūdus play |