divertimento

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/
  • (file)
  • (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

From divertire (to amuse, to entertain, from Latin dīvertere) + -mento (-ment); cognate with Piedmontese divertiment.

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
    Synonyms: diletto, svago
  2. (music) divertimento

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian divertimento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.vɛr.tiˈmɛn.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntɔ
  • Syllabification: di‧ver‧ti‧men‧to

Noun

divertimento n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) divertimento

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From divertir (to amuse, to entertain, from Latin dīvertere) + -mento (-ment).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.veʁ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/ [d͡ʒi.veh.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.veɾ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.veʁ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu/ [d͡ʒi.veχ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.veɻ.t͡ʃiˈmẽ.to/
 

  • Hyphenation: di‧ver‧ti‧men‧to

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimentos)

  1. fun, amusement, entertainment

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dibeɾtiˈmento/ [d̪i.β̞eɾ.t̪iˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: 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

From divertir (to amuse, to entertain, from Latin dīvertere) + -mento (-ment).

Noun

divertimento m (plural divertimentos)

  1. Alternative form of divertimiento (amusement, entertainment)

Further reading

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