Meaning

noun an intervening period or episode

noun a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance

verb perform an interlude

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter- Latin lūdō English interlude From Latin inter- (“between”) + lūdō (“to play”).

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