Dictionary

interject en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛkt/ (US)
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• /ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin interiectus, perfect passive participle of intericiō (“place between”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To insert something between other things.
2. (transitive) To say as an interruption or aside.
   • ‘Please, sir, Richard says one of the horses has got a very bad cold, and he thinks, sir, if you could make it convenient to go the day after to-morrow, instead of to-morrow, he could physic it to-day, so as—’ ‘Confound his impudence!’ interjected the master. 1848, Anne Brontë, “Chapter 24”, in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:
   • As I listened I interjected an occasional sentence of Japanese translation for our guests. 1934, Olaf Stapledon, “East is West”, in Sam Moskowitz, editor, Far Future Calling: Uncollected Science Fiction and Fantasies of Olaf Stapledon, published 1979, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2018:
   • He roared with prodigious violence against George the Second. When he ceased, Moody interjected, in an Irish tone, and with a comick look, “Ah! poor George the Second.” 1791, James Boswell, “(please specify the year)”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, pages 474-475:
   • Virenque, in a panicky mishearing, replied, “Me a dealer? No, I am not a dealer.” […] Whereupon Virenque’s lawyer interjected, “No, Richard, the judge said leader. It’s not an offense to be a leader.” 21 August 2000, Julian Barnes, “The Hardest Test: Drugs and the Tour de France”, in The New Yorker:
3. (intransitive) To interpose oneself; to intervene.

Forms

Deriveds

interjective · interjectory

Relateds

interjection · interjector · interjectable

Synonyms

intervene (to interpose oneself) · insert (to insert between other things) · interpose (to interpose oneself)

Translations (17)

es interjectarse (to interpose onseself) · gd cuir a-steach (to insert something between other things) · sv skjuta in (to insert something between other things) · mi aruaru (to insert something between other things) · fi lisätä väliin (to insert something between other things) · es interjeccionar (to insert something between other things) · mi kohiko (to insert something between other things) · nl tussenwerpen (to insert something between other things) · ga cuir isteach (to insert something between other things) · cs vložit (to insert something between other things) · nl tussenkomen (to interpose onseself) · fr intervenir (to interpose onseself) · cs vložit se (to interpose onseself) · es interjeccionarse (to interpose onseself) · ga cuir isteach (to say as an interruption or aside) · tl isingit (to insert something between other things) · es interjectar (to insert something between other things)