divertissement
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From French.
Noun edit
divertissement (usually uncountable, plural divertissements)
- An entertaining diversion.
- (ballet) A short ballet within a larger work, usually providing a break from the main plot.
- 2009 January 24, Alastair Macaulay, “A Young, Lively Crew From Florida Steps Up and Takes Flight”, in New York Times[1]:
- Patricia Delgado, though taller and paler-skinned, strongly resembles Jeanette, and in Miami they often dance together (in the “Emeralds” pas de trois from “Jewels,” for example, or leading successive divertissements in Balanchine’s “Swan Lake”).
Usage notes edit
- Often written in italics (divertissement) or pronounced as a French word.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From divertir (“to amuse; to entertain”) + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃/
Audio (FR) (file) - Homophone: divertissements
- Hyphenation: di‧ver‧tisse‧ment
Noun edit
divertissement m (plural divertissements)
- entertainment
- Synonym: diversion
Further reading edit
- “divertissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.