Interlude

Origin

Latin inter- ("between") + ludo ("to play")

Full definition of interlude

Noun

1. An intervening episode, etc.
2. An entertainment between the acts of a play.
3. (music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide with an interlude.
• 2007, February 18, Tammy La Gorce, Between Songs, Interludes That Fall Upon Deaf Ears, Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them.