антракт

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French entracte.

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Noun

антра́кт (antráktm inan (genitive антра́кта, nominative plural антра́кты, genitive plural антра́ктов)

  1. 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!"
  2. interlude, entr'acte

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Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: antrakt
  • Georgian: ანტრაქტი (anṭrakṭi)