English → Latin
“interrupt” in Latin
interrumpōto break apart; to break off, interrupt or cut short; to interruptinterpellōto interrupt by speaking, disrupt, disturb, interject; to hinder, obstruct, impede, disturb, molest; to annoy, importuneintermittōto interrupt; to stop (temporarily); to omitintercipiōto intercept; to interrupt, cut off; to rob, stealincidōto fall or drop; to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with; to fall upon, attack, assaultdirimōto separate, divide, take apart; to interrupt, disturb, delay; to frustrate, destroyōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingsomnussleep, slumber; drowsiness, idleness, inactivity, laziness, sloth; deathdēlīberātiōdeliberation, consultation, consideration
The English word interrupt itself goes back to Latin rumpō, through interruptus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
interrupt
interrumpere (to break anything off; to make it cease before its proper time; e.g., orationem, somnum): interpellare (to interrupt a speaker; to try to prevent his going on; then as general term for interrupting): interfari aliquem and absolutely (to interrupt a speaker by an observation of one’s own interposed, not implying the wish to prevent him from saying any more): intermittere (to suspend anything for a time): intercipere (to catch anything, as it were, before it has reached its completion; to bring it to a sudden stand-still, iter, sermonem medium): intervenire alicui rei (to come in before anything is completed, and so delay or prevent its completion; e.g., deliberationi; also with reference to persons, verens ne molesti vobis interveniremus): incidere (to cut short; e.g. sermonem): dirimere (to make anything cease by separating the parties engaged in it, sermonem, proelium; of persons or circumstances).
Interrupted, interruptus: interceptus: intermissus. SYN. above.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for interrupt?
- The usual Latin words for “interrupt” are interrumpō, interpellō, intermittō; also intercipiō, incidō, dirimō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.