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intermediu
interlude /in.terˈme.dju/
noun#4356 most common
Also: intermediate stage, interval, intermezzo
Example sentences
Concertul are un intermediu scurt.
The concert has a short interlude.
Actorii se odihnesc în timpul intermediului.
The actors rest during the interlude.
Compozitorul a scris un intermediu muzical pentru pian.
The composer wrote a musical interlude for piano.
Piesa de teatru conține trei intermedii între acte.
The play contains three interludes between the acts.
Regizorul a folosit intermediul ca pe o punte între cele două părți ale spectacolului.
The director used the interlude as a bridge between the two parts of the show.
Criticii au remarcat modul în care intermediile orchestrale subliniază tensiunea dramatică dintre actele operei.
Critics noted how the orchestral interludes underscore the dramatic tension between the acts of the opera.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | intermediu | intermedii |
| Genitive | intermediului | intermediilor |
| Accusative | intermediu | intermedii |
| Vocative | intermediule | intermediilor |
Word family
mediuaverage, medium; environment
intermediarintermediary, middleman, transitional
medieremediation
imediatimmediate, immediatelyEtymology
Intermediu goes back to Latin inter- (between) joined to medius (middle), the same root behind the plain Romanian word mediu, meaning middle or average. It denotes a short piece placed between the acts or movements of a larger work, a sense it shares with the Italian intermezzo and the French intermède. The word kept the neuter gender typical of Latin-derived Romanian nouns for abstract or artistic concepts, and its meaning later widened from a strictly musical term to any brief transitional stage.
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