See also: Amüsement

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser +‎ -ment.

Morphologically amuse +‎ -ment

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /əˈmjuzmənt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧muse‧ment

Noun edit

amusement (countable and uncountable, plural amusements)

  1. (uncountable) Entertainment.
    To my great amusement, the dog kept on chasing its tail and yelped when it bit it.
    • 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 234a:
      This is some form of amusement you're talking about.
  2. (countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hobby
    • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
      "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."
    • 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug:
      His chief amusements were gunning and fishing, or sauntering along the beach and through the myrtles, in quest of shells or entomological specimens--his collection of the latter might have been envied by a Swammerdamm.
    • 1919, L. Frank Baum, The Magic of Oz:
      The Cat was sour-tempered and grumpy, at first, but before they had journeyed far, the crystal creature had discovered a fine amusement. The long tails of the monkeys were constantly sticking through the bars of their cage, and when they did, the Glass Cat would slyly seize the tails in her paws and pull them.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French amusement.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.my.zəˈmɛnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: amu‧se‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun edit

amusement n (uncountable)

  1. entertainment, amusement

Related terms edit

French edit

Etymology edit

From amuser (to amuse) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

amusement m (plural amusements)

  1. amusement

Descendants edit

  • English: amusement
  • German: Amüsement

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