interval

intervalle

Durée ou espace qui sépare deux choses ou deux événements.

En anglais simple : The time or space between two things or events.

• There was a brief interval between calls.
• Take the medicine at regular intervals.
• The trees were planted at intervals of five metres.

Comment l'utiliser : an interval between A and B (There was a short interval between the two calls.); at intervals of a stated amount (The posts stand at intervals of two metres.)

Synonymes : gap, space

Expressions courantes : regular interval, short interval, interval between something

entracte

Courte pause entre les parties d’une pièce de théâtre, d’un concert ou d’un autre spectacle.

En anglais simple : A short break between parts of a play, concert, or other performance.

• We bought drinks during the interval.
• The play has a fifteen-minute interval.
• After the interval, the orchestra performed a new piece.

Synonymes : intermission, break

Expressions courantes : during the interval, after the interval, twenty-minute interval

intervalle

Différence de hauteur entre deux notes de musique, selon qu’elles sont plus aiguës ou plus graves.

En anglais simple : The difference in how high or low two musical notes sound.

• The interval between these notes is small.
• She can sing wide intervals accurately.
• An octave is the interval between one C and the next.

Comment l'utiliser : an interval of a musical distance (These notes form an interval of a fifth.)

Expressions courantes : musical interval, wide interval, interval of something

intervalle

Ensemble contenant tous les nombres entre deux limites, parfois avec ces limites elles-mêmes.

En anglais simple : A range of numbers containing every number between its ends, sometimes including the ends.

• Choose a number in this interval.
• A closed interval includes both endpoints.
• The function is positive throughout the interval from two to four.

Expressions courantes : open interval, closed interval, bounded interval

pause

Pause pour déjeuner ou prendre le thé entre les périodes de jeu d’une journée de cricket.

En anglais simple : A lunch or tea break between periods of play during a day of cricket.

• Rain began during the tea interval.
• The players left the field for the lunch interval.
• Play resumed after the interval with a new bowler.

Synonymes : break

Expressions courantes : lunch interval, tea interval, scheduled interval