entr'acte

1. 1.

   the interlude between two acts of a play

   Broaderinterlude
2. 2.

   a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance

   Synonymsinterludeintermezzo

   Broadershow

   music

Questions about entr'acte

What does entr'acte mean?

entr'acte means "the interlude between two acts of a play". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in entr'acte?

entr'acte has 2 syllables: en-tr'acte. The stress falls on "en".

What is another word for entr'acte?

Close synonyms include interlude, intermezzo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is entr'acte a common word?

entr'acte is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.