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interruption

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??nt????p??n/
  • Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

interruption (countable and uncountable, plural interruptions)

  1. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
  2. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

Synonyms

  • (time interval): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Translations

See also

  • dead air

French

Etymology

From Old French interrupcion, borrowed from Latin interruptio, interruptionem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.t?.?yp.sj??/

Noun

interruption f (plural interruptions)

  1. interruption

Related terms

  • interrompre

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repulse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repulsus, from repellere (to drive back), from re- (back) + pellere (to drive).

For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???p?ls/

Verb

repulse (third-person singular simple present repulses, present participle repulsing, simple past and past participle repulsed)

  1. (transitive) To repel or drive back.
    to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
  2. (transitive) To reject or rebuff.
    to repulse a suitor
  3. (transitive) To cause revulsion in.
    The smell of rotting food repulsed me.
    I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.

Translations

Noun

repulse (plural repulses)

  1. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
  2. refusal, rejection or repulsion

Related terms

  • repel
  • repellent
  • repulsion
  • repulsive
  • pulse

Further reading

  • repulse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • repulse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • repulse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Slurpee, pelures, perules

Italian

Verb

repulse

  1. third-person singular past historic of repellere

Noun

repulse

  1. plural of repulso

Anagrams

  • preluse
  • presule

Latin

Participle

repulse

  1. vocative masculine singular of repulsus

Spanish

Verb

repulse

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of repulsar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of repulsar.

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