Origin: Latin suffix -ude
Interlude has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
an intervening period or episode
"After years of non-stop touring, the band finally took a brief interlude to record their new album in the studio."
a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance
"The audience cheered as the orchestra played an energetic interlude before returning to the main symphony."
An intervening episode, etc.
"The concert began with a lively jazz interlude before returning to the classical symphony."
To provide with an interlude.
"The theater director decided to insert a lively dance sequence as an interlude between the two acts of the play."