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en⋅tr'acte

[ahn-trakt, ahn-trakt; Fr. ahn-trakt]
–noun, plural -tr'actes [-trakts, -trakts; Fr. -trakt] .
1. the interval between two consecutive acts of a theatrical or operatic performance.
2. a performance, as of music or dancing, given during such an interval.
3. a piece of music or the like for such performance.

Origin:
1740–50; < F, equiv. to entre between (< L inter) + acte act
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en·tr'acte   (ŏn'trākt', äɴ-träkt')   
n.  
    1. The interval between two acts of a theatrical performance.

    2. Another performance, as of music or dance, provided between two acts of a theatrical performance.

  1. An interval likened to the one occurring between two acts of a drama.


[French : entre, between (from Latin inter; see inter-) + acte, act (from Old French; see act).]
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