noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/
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US:/dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/
rhymes with -ɛntəʊ
CMU ARPABET:D IH0 V ER2 T AH0 M EH1 N T OW2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: serenade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
دِيفِرْتِمِنْتُو
(dīfirtimintū)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Arabic:
دِفِرْتِمِنْتُو
(difirtimintū)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Armenian:
դիվերտիսմենտ
(divertisment)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Basque:
divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Bulgarian:
дивертисмент
(divertisment)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Bulgarian:
дивертименто
(divertimento)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Chinese Mandarin:
嬉遊曲 /嬉游曲
(xīyóuqū)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Czech:
divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Estonian:
divertisment
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Finnish:
divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
French:
divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
German:
Divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Hebrew:
דִיבֶרְטִימֶנְטוֹ
(divertiménto)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Italian:
divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Japanese:
ディヴェルティメント
(diverutimento)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Japanese:
ディヴェルティスマン
(diverutisuman)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Japanese:
嬉遊曲
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Japanese:
喜遊曲
(kiyūkyoku)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Kazakh:
дивертисмент
(divertisment)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Lithuanian:
divertismentas
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Polish:
divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Russian:
дивертисме́нт
(divertismént)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Serbo-Croatian:
дивертимѐнто
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Serbo-Croatian:
divertimènto
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Spanish:
divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Swedish:
divertimento
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Thai:
ดีแวร์ตีเมนโต
(dii-wɛɛr-dtii-meen-dtoo)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Ukrainian:
дивертисме́нт
(dyvertysmént)
— eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
