entracte

See also: entr'acte

English

Noun

entracte (plural entractes)

1. Alternative form of entr'acte
   • 2019, Russell Fraser, Moderns Worth Keeping:

     I remember smoking in the entracte at Covent Garden Opera with my friend Paul, […]

French

Alternative forms

• entr’acte (archaic)

Etymology

From entre +‎ acte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁakt/

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Noun

entracte m (plural entractes)

1. (theater) interval; intermission
2. (theater) interval act; half-time show

Descendants

• → English: entr'acte, entracte
• → Russian: антракт (antrakt)
  • → Azerbaijani: antrakt
  • → Georgian: ანტრაქტი (anṭrakṭi)
• → Turkish: antrakt

Further reading

• “entracte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.