interlude
English
editEtymology
editLatin inter- (“between”) + ludo (“to play”)
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/, /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ljuːd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editinterlude (plural interludes)
- An intervening episode, etc.
- An entertainment between the acts of a play.
- 1632 (indicated as 1633), William Prynne, “Actus 3, Scena Sexta”, in Histrio-mastix. The Players Scourge, or, Actors Tragædie, […], London: […] E[lizabeth] A[llde,] [Thomas Cotes, Augustine Matthews] and W[illiam] I[ones] for Michael Sparke, […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 123:
- [O]ur ovvne Statutes […] preciſely prohibit the ſatyricall depraving, traducing, or derogation of the Common Prayer-Booke, and of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in any Enterludes, Playes or Rimes, (in vvhich kinde Playes had been formerly peccant) under ſevere penalties.
- (music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.
Alternative forms
edit- enterlude (obsolete)
Translations
editintervening episode etc
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entertainment between the acts of a play
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short piece put between the parts of a longer composition
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Verb
editinterlude (third-person singular simple present interludes, present participle interluding, simple past and past participle interluded)
- (transitive) To provide with an interlude.
- 2007 February 18, Tammy La Gorce, “Between Songs, Interludes That Fall Upon Deaf Ears”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.