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intermission en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin intermittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin intermissiōder. English intermission Derived from Latin intermissiō, from intermittō (“interrupt, omit”) + -tiō.

Meanings

1. A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
   • 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. 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
   • We ordered some drinks for the intermission.

Forms

Deriveds

preintermission · intermissionless

Relateds

intermittent · intermit

Translations (44)

is hlé (break between performances or sessions) · de Pause (break between performances or sessions) · de Unterbrechung (break between performances or sessions) · hy դադար (break between performances or sessions) · ru па́уза (break between performances or sessions) · pl antrakt (break between performances or sessions) · it pausa (break between performances or sessions) · ru антра́кт (break between performances or sessions) · id intermeso (break between performances or sessions) · ar فاصِل (break between performances or sessions) · fr interlude (break between performances or sessions) · ca intermedi (break between performances or sessions) · it intervallo (break between performances or sessions) · is aflát (break between performances or sessions) · la dīlūdium (break between performances or sessions) · la intercapedō (break between performances or sessions) · ru переры́в (break between performances or sessions) · gd eadar-ùine (break between performances or sessions) · cs přestávka (break between performances or sessions) · tr ara (break between performances or sessions) · tl entreakto (break between performances or sessions) · sv paus (break between performances or sessions) · ta இடைவெளி (break between performances or sessions) · fr intermède (break between performances or sessions) · bg пауза (break between performances or sessions) · es intermisión (break between performances or sessions) · it intermedio (break between performances or sessions) · hi अंतराल (break between performances or sessions) · hu szünet (break between performances or sessions) · mwl anterbalo (break between performances or sessions) · is hvíld (break between performances or sessions) · hi मध्यांतर (break between performances or sessions) · fr entracte (break between performances or sessions) · it intermezzo (break between performances or sessions) · id selingan (break between performances or sessions) · pt intermissão (break between performances or sessions) · eo interakto (break between performances or sessions) · pt intervalo (break between performances or sessions) · ru переме́на (break between performances or sessions) · ml ഇടവേള (break between performances or sessions) · gd eadar-àm (break between performances or sessions) · la intermissiō (break between performances or sessions) · es intermedio (break between performances or sessions) · fi väliaika (break between performances or sessions)