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Definition of intermezzo noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

intermezzo

noun
 
/ˌɪntəˈmetsəʊ/
 
/ˌɪntərˈmetsəʊ/
(plural intermezzi
 
/ˌɪntəˈmetsiː/
 
/ˌɪntərˈmetsiː/
, intermezzos
 
/ˌɪntəˈmetsəʊz/
 
/ˌɪntərˈmetsəʊz/
)
(music, from Italian)
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  1. a short piece of music for the orchestra that is played between two parts in an opera or other musical performanceTopics Musicc2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian, from Latin intermedium ‘interval’, neuter of intermedius, from inter- ‘between’ + medius ‘middle’.
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