interrupt

Signification

Verb

1. To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
3. To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

Noun

An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.

Coupé comme

in‧ter‧rupt

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/

Étymologie

Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere (“to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

Phrases

But don't let him interrupt you .

Mais ne le laissez pas vous interrompre.