divertissement
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French.
Noun
editdivertissement (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
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom divertir (“to amuse; to entertain”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃/
Audio (France): (file) - Homophone: divertissements
- Hyphenation: di‧ver‧tisse‧ment
Noun
editdivertissement m (plural divertissements)
- entertainment
- Synonym: diversion
Further reading
edit- “divertissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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