Polyglot Dictionary

interrompre

/ɛ̃teʁɔ̃pʁ/

verb A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
interrompt
past
a interrompu
perfect
interrompu

Meaning

  1. to interrupt

    • S'il te plaît, ne m'interromps pas.

      Please don't interrupt me.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

couper la parole à

Couper la parole à specifically means to cut someone off mid-sentence in conversation; interrompre is the general word for interrupting anything, not just speech.

Similar in other languages

German

unterbrechen

unterbrechen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to interrupt."

Spanish

interrumpir

interrumpir is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to interrupt."

Portuguese

interromper

interromper is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to interrupt."

Practice

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