adj
Meaning 1
Very amusing; that entertains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
entertaining
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Pronunciation
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/ˌɛntəɹˈteɪnɪŋ/
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/ˌɛntəːˈteɪnɪŋ/
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rhymes with -eɪnɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 2
Entertainment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of entertain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
agreeably diverting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an entertaining puppet show
- films should be entertaining
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From entertain + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بيسلّي (bisalli) — amusing
- Belarusian: заба́ўны (zabáwny) — amusing
- Belarusian: займа́льны (zajmálʹny) — amusing
- Belarusian: забаўля́льны (zabawljálʹny) — amusing
- Bulgarian: заба́вен (zabáven) — amusing
- Bulgarian: занима́телен (zanimátelen) — amusing
- Bulgarian: развлека́телен (razvlekátelen) — amusing
- Catalan: divertit — amusing
- Chinese Mandarin: 有趣 (yǒuqù) — amusing
- Chinese Mandarin: 逗 (dòu) — amusing
- Czech: zábavný — amusing
- Dutch: vermakelijk — amusing
- Esperanto: amuza — amusing
- Estonian: meelelahutuslik — amusing
- Finnish: viihdyttävä — amusing
- Finnish: huvittava — amusing
- Finnish: hauska — amusing
- French: divertissant — amusing
- French: distrayant — amusing
- German: unterhaltsam — amusing
- Greek: διασκεδαστικός (diaskedastikós) — amusing
- Greek: ψυχαγωγικός (psychagogikós) — amusing
- Hungarian: szórakoztató — amusing
- Irish: pléisiúrtha — amusing
- Mirandese: adbertido — amusing
- Mirandese: adbertida — amusing
- Polish: zabawny — amusing
- Polish: zajmujący — amusing
- Russian: развлека́тельный (razvlekátelʹnyj) — amusing
- Russian: заба́вный (zabávnyj) — amusing
- Russian: занима́тельный (zanimátelʹnyj) — amusing
- Russian: курьёзный (kurʹjóznyj) — amusing
- Spanish: divertido — amusing
- Spanish: entretenido — amusing
- Spanish: ameno — amusing
- Spanish: entretenedor — amusing
- Spanish: entreteniente — amusing
- Spanish: divirtiente — amusing
- Ukrainian: розважа́льний (rozvažálʹnyj) — amusing
- Ukrainian: заба́вний (zabávnyj) — amusing
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