Meanings
plural intermissions
- A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
We ordered some drinks for the intermission.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
- Proto-Italic*meitō
- Old Latinmītō
- Latinmittō
- Latinintermittō
- Latinintermissiō
- Englishintermission
Derived from Latin intermissiō, from intermittō (“interrupt, omit”) + -tiō.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فاصِل
- فاصِل (fāṣil)break between performances or sessions
Bulgarian пауза
- пауза (pauza)break between performances or sessions
Catalan intermedi
- intermedibreak between performances or sessions
Czech přestávka
- přestávkabreak between performances or sessions
Esperanto interakto
- interaktobreak between performances or sessions
Finnish väliaika
- väliaikabreak between performances or sessions
French intermède, interlude
- intermèdebreak between performances or sessions
- interludebreak between performances or sessions
- entractebreak between performances or sessions
German Unterbrechung, Pause
- Unterbrechungbreak between performances or sessions
- Pausebreak between performances or sessions
Hindi मध्यांतर, अंतराल
- मध्यांतर (madhyāntar)break between performances or sessions
- अंतराल (antrāl)break between performances or sessions
Hungarian szünet
- szünetbreak between performances or sessions
Icelandic hlé, hvíld
- hlébreak between performances or sessions
- hvíldbreak between performances or sessions
- aflátbreak between performances or sessions
Indonesian intermeso, selingan
- intermesobreak between performances or sessions
- selinganbreak between performances or sessions
Italian intervallo, pausa
- intervallobreak between performances or sessions
- pausabreak between performances or sessions
- intermezzobreak between performances or sessions
- intermediobreak between performances or sessions
Latin intermissiō, intercapedō
- intermissiōbreak between performances or sessions
- intercapedōbreak between performances or sessions
- dīlūdiumbreak between performances or sessions
Polish antrakt
- antraktbreak between performances or sessions
Portuguese intervalo, intermissão
- intervalobreak between performances or sessions
- intermissãobreak between performances or sessions
Russian антра́кт, переры́в
- антра́кт (antrákt)break between performances or sessions
- переры́в (pererýv)break between performances or sessions
- па́уза (páuza)break between performances or sessions
- переме́на (pereména)break between performances or sessions
Scottish Gaelic eadar-ùine, eadar-àm
- eadar-ùinebreak between performances or sessions
- eadar-àmbreak between performances or sessions
Spanish intermisión, intermedio
- intermisiónbreak between performances or sessions
- intermediobreak between performances or sessions
Swedish paus
- pausbreak between performances or sessions
Tagalog entreakto
- entreaktobreak between performances or sessions
Tamil இடைவெளி
- இடைவெளி (iṭaiveḷi)break between performances or sessions
Turkish ara
- arabreak between performances or sessions
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
intermission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermission
“intermission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermission. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intermission,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermission.
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