divertissement

• divertisement, archaic

From French.

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divertissement (usually uncountable, plural divertissements)

1. An entertaining diversion.
2. (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:

     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”).

• Often written in italics (divertissement) or pronounced as a French word.

• divertisements

From divertir (“to amuse; to entertain”) +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophone: divertissements
• Hyphenation: di‧ver‧tisse‧ment

divertissement m (plural divertissements)

1. entertainment

   Synonym: diversion

• “divertissement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.