divert

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• Received-Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜːt/
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• General-American: /daɪˈvɝt/
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• General-American: /dɪˈvɝt/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: D AY0 V ER1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: kənara çəkmək — turn aside
• Azerbaijani: qırağa çəkmək — turn aside
• Azerbaijani: tərəfə çəkmək — turn aside
• Bulgarian: отклонявам (otklonjavam) — turn aside
• Catalan: desviar — turn aside
• Chinese Mandarin: 轉向 /转向 (zhuǎnxiàng) — turn aside
• Finnish: kääntää — turn aside
• Finnish: ohjata — turn aside
• Finnish: suunnata — turn aside
• French: dévier — turn aside
• German: umlenken — turn aside
• German: umleiten — turn aside
• Greek: εκτρέπω (ektrépo) — turn aside
• Hindi: मोड़ना (moṛnā) — turn aside
• Interlingua: deviar — turn aside
• Italian: deviare — turn aside
• Latin: diverto — turn aside
• Māori: whakapeau — turn aside
• Māori: whakahipa — turn aside
• Khiamniungan Naga: ī — turn aside
• Russian: отводи́ть (otvodítʹ) — turn aside
• Russian: отвести́ (otvestí) — turn aside
• Russian: отклоня́ть (otklonjátʹ) — turn aside
• Russian: отклони́ть (otklonítʹ) — turn aside
• Spanish: desviar — turn aside
• Spanish: echar por el desvío — turn aside
• Azerbaijani: yayındırmaq — distract
• Bulgarian: отвличам (otvličam) — distract
• Chinese Mandarin: 轉移 /转移 (zhuǎnyí) — distract
• Finnish: harhauttaa — distract
• Finnish: hämätä — distract
• German: ablenken — distract
• Greek: αποσπώ (apospó) — distract
• Ido: distraktar — distract
• Interlingua: distraher — distract
• Italian: distrarre — distract
• Russian: отвлека́ть (otvlekátʹ) — distract
• Russian: отвле́чь (otvléčʹ) — distract
• Spanish: distraer — distract
• Spanish: desviar — distract
• Spanish: echar por el desvío — distract
• Spanish: despistar — distract
• Spanish: desorientar — distract
• Spanish: destantear — distract
• Swedish: avleda — distract
• Azerbaijani: əyləndirmək — entertain
• Bulgarian: забавлявам (zabavljavam) — entertain
• Bulgarian: развличам (razvličam) — entertain
• Chinese Mandarin: 遣悶 /遣闷 (qiǎnmèn) — entertain
• Finnish: viihdyttää — entertain
• French: divertir — entertain
• German: unterhalten — entertain
• Greek: διασκεδάζω (diaskedázo) — entertain
• Ido: distraktar — entertain
• Ido: amuzar — entertain
• Interlingua: diverter — entertain
• Italian: divertirsi — entertain
• Italian: distrarsi — entertain
• Russian: развлека́ть (razvlekátʹ) — entertain
• Russian: развле́чь (razvléčʹ) — entertain
• Russian: забавля́ть (zabavljátʹ) — entertain
• Russian: позаба́вить (pozabávitʹ) — entertain
• Spanish: divertir — entertain
• Spanish: entretener — entertain