Dictionary

interrupt en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/
• /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/

Etymology

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

Meanings

1. An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
   • The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.

Forms

Deriveds

interrupt storm · interrupt handler

Hyponyms

hardware interrupt · software interrupt · non-maskable interrupt · NMI · pattern interrupt

Translations (14)

cs přerušení (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · tr iş kesme (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · de Interrupt (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · fi keskeytys (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · ja 割り込み (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · el διακοπή (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · pl przerwanie (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · hu megszakítás (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · sh prekid (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · es interrupción (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · tr kesme (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · ru прерывание (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · hu programmegszakítás (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease) · fr interruption (an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease)

interrupt en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/

Etymology

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
   • Do not interrupt me in my course. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
   • One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
2. (transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
   • The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
3. (transitive) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
   • The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.

Forms

Antonyms

continue · resume

Deriveds

manterrupt · noninterrupt · those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it · interruptable · reinterrupt · interrupt request · interruptingly · interruption · interruptive · interruptless · self-interrupt · interruptible · interrupter · interruptee · uninterrupting

Relateds

corrupt · abrupt · disrupt

Synonyms

interject

Translations (95)

pl wtrącić się (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru вмеша́ться (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · fi keskeyttää (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · bg прекъсвам (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · nl afbreken (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · yue 插口 (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ckb ھەڵدان (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · de unterbrechen (computing: to assert that an exceptional condition must be handled) · tr kesmek (to assert an exceptional condition) · tr araya girmek (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ja 中断する (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · el διακόπτω (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ar قَاطَعَ (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · pt interromper (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · tr kesmek (computing: to assert that an exceptional condition must be handled) · pt interromper (to assert an exceptional condition) · uk перерва́ти (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · fi katkaista (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · cmn 中斷 /中断 (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · hu megszakít (to assert an exceptional condition) · sv avbryta (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · cmn 打斷 /打断 (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · km បង្អាក់ (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ca interrompre (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · vo ropön (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru прерыва́ть (to assert an exceptional condition) · mi whakapōnānā (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ia interrumper (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · kmr ragirtin (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru меша́ть (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · mi kaiwaenga (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · uk перерива́ти (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · pl wtrącać się (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · hu megakaszt (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · da afbryde (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru оборва́ть (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · fi keskeyttää (to assert an exceptional condition) · sv förhindra (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · tr kesilmek (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · cmn 打擾 /打扰 (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · qu p'itiy (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · sv stävja (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · mi aruaru (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru помеша́ть (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ga cuir isteach ar (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · nl onderbreken (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · tr kesmek (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · hu megszakít (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru прерва́ть (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · kmr vebirîn (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ja 邪魔する (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru прерыва́ть (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · bg препятствам (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru перебива́ть (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ky үзүү (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · be перапыня́ць (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru прерва́ть (to assert an exceptional condition) · pa ٹَوکݨا (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · es interrumpir (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · es interromper (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ja 割り込む (to assert an exceptional condition) · ro întrerupe (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · mi titere (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · cy torri ar (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · hu abbahagy (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · eo interrompi (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · cs přerušit (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · fr couper (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · pl przerwać (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · tr iş kesmek (computing: to assert that an exceptional condition must be handled) · hu félbeszakít (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · fr interrompre (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · pl przerywać (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · sq ndërpres (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · it interrompere (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · lt pertraukti (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · mi kohiko (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ja 遮る (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · oc interrompre (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · kmr rawestandin (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · it tagliare (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · de unterbrechen (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · no avbryte (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · lt nutraukti (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · kmr sekinandin (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru обрыва́ть (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru переби́ть (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · la interrumpō (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · be перапыні́ць (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · oc copar (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · cmn 插嘴 (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · ru вме́шиваться (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · it interrompersi (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · hi टोकना (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action) · hu megzavar (to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action)