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Word: Divertissement
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century (specifically denoting a short ballet): French, from divertiss-, stem of divertir, from Latin divertere ‘turn in separate ways’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈvəːtɪsmənt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌdiːvɛːˈtiːsmɒ̃
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a minor entertainment or diversion
Short Definition:minor entertainment or diversion
Examples:- the intellectual divertissements of working men
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