intermède
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd/
intermède is spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-È-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intermède is a French masculine noun meaning “interlude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agent qui produit un effet sur une chose”.
What does intermède mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinterlude
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Agent qui produit un effet sur une chose. 2. Sorte de représentation et de divertissement, comme ballet, danse, chœur, etc., entre les actes d’une pièce de théâtre ou d’un spectacle. 3. Intervalle de temps qui fait diversion entre deux choses, deux événements de même nature.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of intermède
- intermèdes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intermède?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mɛd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intermède
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intermède in French?
intermède appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).