divertimento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
  • Hyphenation: di‧ver‧ti‧men‧to

Noun

divertimento (plural divertimentos or divertimenti)

  1. (music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”, from Latin dīvertere) +‎ -mento (“-ment”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ver.tiˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: di‧ver‧ti‧mén‧to

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimenti)

  1. fun, amusement, entertainment, distraction
  2. (music) divertimento

Synonyms

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

divertir (“to amuse, to entertain”, from Latin dīvertere) +‎ -mento (“-ment”)

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.vɨɾ.tiˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dʒi.veh.tʃiˈmẽ.tu/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ver‧ti‧men‧to

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimentos)

  1. fun, amusement, entertainment

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dibertiˈmento/, [d̪iβert̪iˈmẽn̪t̪o]
  • Hyphenation: di‧ver‧ti‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere. Cognate to Spanish divertimiento.

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimentos)

  1. (music) divertimento

Etymology 2

divertir (“to amuse, to entertain”, from Latin dīvertere) +‎ -mento (“-ment”)

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimentos)

  1. Alternative form of divertimiento (“amusement, entertainment”)
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