divertissement
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French.
Noun
divertissement (usually uncountable, plural divertissements)
- An entertaining diversion.
- (ballet) A short ballet within a larger work, usually providing a break from the main plot.
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Usage notes
- Often written in italics (divertissement) or pronounced as a French word.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From the radical of the present participle of divertir, divertiss + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃/
Audio (FR): (file) - Homophone: divertissements
- Hyphenation: di‧ver‧tisse‧ment
Noun
divertissement m (plural divertissements)
Further reading
- “divertissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Ballet
- French terms suffixed with -ment
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French terms with homophones
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns