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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French entracte.
Pronunciation
Noun
антра́кт • (antrákt) m inan (genitive антра́кта, nominative plural антра́кты, genitive plural антра́ктов)
- interval; intermission
1883, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Трагик; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Tragic Actor, 1918:— Па́па! — обрати́лась она́ к отцу́ в после́днем антра́кте. — Пойди́ на сце́ну и скажи́ им всем, что́бы приходи́ли к нам за́втра обе́дать!- — Pápa! — obratílasʹ oná k otcú v poslédnem antrákte. — Pojdí na scénu i skaží im vsem, štóby prixodíli k nam závtra obédatʹ!
- "Papa!" she said to the police captain during the last interval, "go behind the scenes and ask them all to dinner to-morrow!"
- interlude, entr'acte
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