intermission

English

Etymology

From Latin intermissiō, from intermittō.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

intermission (plural intermissions)

1. A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.

   We ordered some drinks for the intermission.

   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:

     The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.

Derived terms

• intermissionless
• preintermission

Related terms

• intermit
• intermittent

Translations

break between performances or sessions

Arabic: فاصِل (fāṣil) Armenian: դադար (hy) (dadar) Bulgarian: пауза (bg) f (pauza) Catalan: intermedi m Czech: přestávka (cs) f Esperanto: interakto Finnish: väliaika (fi) French: intermède (fr) m, interlude (fr) m, entracte (fr) m German: Unterbrechung (de) f, Pause (de) f Hindi: मध्यांतर m (madhyāntar), अंतराल (hi) m (antrāl) Hungarian: szünet (hu) Icelandic: hlé (is) n, hvíld (is) f, aflát n Indonesian: intermeso (id), selingan (id) Italian: intervallo (it) m, pausa (it) f, intermezzo (it) m, intermedio (it) m Latin: intermissiō f, intercapedō f, dīlūdium n Malayalam: ഇടവേള (ml) (iṭavēḷa) Mirandese: anterbalo m Polish: antrakt (pl) m Portuguese: intervalo (pt) m, intermissão f Russian: антра́кт (ru) m (antrákt), переры́в (ru) m (pererýv), па́уза (ru) f (páuza), переме́на (ru) f (pereména) (as in school) Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ùine f, eadar-àm m Spanish: intermisión (es) f, intermedio (es) m Swedish: paus (sv) Tagalog: entreakto Tamil: இடைவெளி (ta) (iṭaiveḷi) Turkish: ara (tr) sg

Anagrams

• misinsertion, nitrosimines