Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interclude

/ɪntə(ɹ)ˈkluːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-clude
IPA: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈkluːd/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut off or shut off (something) from a course or place, by something intervening; to intercept, to interrupt.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[W]hen the receiver FF is emptied of air, the ſtop-cock B is to be ſhut, that ſo all paſſage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded, […]"
"Next morning the combined forces appeared again in order of battle, in front of the Athenian works, and by their position intercluded the communication of the Athenian general with his fort of Labdalum, and with his northern lines."

Etymology

From Latin interclūdō; inter (“between”) + claudō (“to shut”). See close.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: interclūdō

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

intercludes (present, singular) intercluding (participle, present) intercluded (participle, past) intercluded (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce interclude?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈkluːd/.
What does interclude mean?: To cut off or shut off (something) from a course or place, by something intervening; to intercept, to interrupt.
Where does interclude come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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