After a brief interlude, Caesar decided to join the army once again and left Rome. While he was sailing across the sea, a group of pirates kidnapped him.
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Interlude
//ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd//
Synonyms for "interlude" (148 found)
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Strong matches (44)
Related words (74)
interveneintroductionintroductory phraselacunalapselayoffletuplullmeantimemeanwhilemeasuremovementmusical phrasemusical sentencenapnumberoff-timeornamentparenthesispart
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Noun(3 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- անտրակտ noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- անտրակտ noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
- էպիզոդ noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
- ինտերմեդիա noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
Bulgarian
3 entries- интерлюдия noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- интермецо noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
- промеждутъчен епизод noun (intervening episode etc)
Catalan
2 entries- interludi noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- interludi noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
Esperanto
2 entries- interakto noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- interakto noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
Finnish
2 entries- välinäytös noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- välisoitto noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
French
3 entries- interlude noun (intervening episode etc)
- interlude noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- interlude noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
German
1 entries- Zwischenspiel noun (intervening episode etc)
Greek
1 entries- ιντερλούδιο noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
Hindi
2 entries- अंतरा noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
- अंतराल noun (intervening episode etc)
Italian
2 entries- interludio noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- interludio noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
Japanese
4 entries- 幕間 noun (intervening episode etc)
- 幕間 noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- 間奏 noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
- 間章 noun (intervening episode etc)
Persian
1 entries- میانپرده noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
Polish
4 entries- interludium noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- interludium noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
- intermedium noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- intermedium noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
Portuguese
2 entries- interlúdio noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- interlúdio noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
Russian
3 entries- интерлю́дия noun (intervening episode etc)
- интерлю́дия noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- интерлю́дия noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
Spanish
2 entries- interludio noun (entertainment between the acts of a play)
- interludio noun (short piece put between the parts of a longer composition)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
After a harrowing interlude in Djibouti, where she says Oromo asylum-seekers were being rounded up and deported because of an agreement with the Ethiopian government, Ranna's smuggler booked her, her mother and her brother on a flight to Indonesia.
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And then we'll hear a Story Interlude about Mark Twain, a famous American writer, and his popular novel, Tom Sawyer.
Source: tatoeba (10486808)
Democracy will only have been a short interlude in the history of humanity.
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