entertainment

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛn.təˈteɪn.mənt/
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• General-American: /ˌɛn.tɚˈteɪn.mənt/
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• rhymes with -eɪnmənt
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 N T ER0 T EY1 N M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: EH2 N ER0 T EY1 N M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English entretenement (“support, maintenance”), from Old French entretenement; see entertain. Morphologically entertain + -ment.

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vermaak — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Albanian: argëtim — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Albanian: dëfrim — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Arabic: تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Arabic: تَسْلِيَة (tasliya) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Arabic: لَهْو (lahw) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Arabic: تَفْرِيح (tafrīḥ) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Arabic: تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Arabic: تسلية (tisláye) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Arabic: تَرْفِيه (tarfīh) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Arabic: تسلية (tisláye) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Armenian: ժամանց (žamancʻ) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Asturian: entretenimientu — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Azerbaijani: əyləncə — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Belarusian: заба́ва (zabáva) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Belarusian: разры́ўка (razrýwka) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Belarusian: заба́ўка (zabáwka) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Belarusian: паце́ха (pacjéxa) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Belarusian: уце́ха (ucjéxa) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Bengali: বিনোদন (binōdon) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Bulgarian: забавле́ние (zabavlénie) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Bulgarian: развлече́ние (razvlečénie) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Burmese: အပျော်အပါး (a.pyaua.pa:) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Catalan: entreteniment — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Chinese Mandarin: 娛樂 /娱乐 (yúlè) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Cornish: didhanedh — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Czech: zábava — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Danish: underholdning — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Danish: morskab — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Dutch: vermaak — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Dutch: amusement — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Dutch: verstrooiing — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Esperanto: amuzaĵo — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Estonian: meelelahutus — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Finnish: viihde — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• French: divertissement — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Galician: entretemento — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Georgian: გასართობი (gasartobi) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• German: Unterhaltung — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Greek: διασκέδαση (diaskédasi) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Greek: ψυχαγωγία (psychagogía) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Hebrew: בִּדּוּר (bidúr) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Hindi: मनोरंजन (manorañjan) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Hungarian: szórakozás — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Icelandic: skemmtun — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Indonesian: hiburan — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Interlingua: intertenimento — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Irish: siamsa — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Italian: divertimento — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Italian: intrattenimento — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Japanese: 娯楽 (goraku) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Japanese: エンタメ (entame) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Japanese: エンターテインメント (entāteinmento) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Japanese: エンターテイメント (entāteimento) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Kazakh: ойын-сауық (oiyn-sauyq) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Kazakh: алданыш (aldanyş) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Khmer: ហសាភិប្រាយ (haʼsaaphipraay) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Khmer: កំសាន្ត (kɑmsaan) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Korean: 오락 (orak) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Korean: 엔터테인먼트 (enteoteinmeonteu) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Central Kurdish: رابواردن (rabwardin) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Kyrgyz: оюн-зоок (oyun-zook) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Kyrgyz: көңүл ачуу (köŋül acuu) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Kyrgyz: эрмек (ermek) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Lao: ການບັນເທີງ (kān ban thœ̄ng) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Latin: oblectāmen — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Latin: oblectāmentum — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Latvian: izklaide — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Lithuanian: pramoga — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Macedonian: за́бава (zábava) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Macedonian: разо́нода (razónoda) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Malay: hiburan — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Marathi: मनोरंजन (manorañjan) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Marathi: करमणूक (karamṇūk) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Norwegian Bokmål: underholdning — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Pashto: تفرېح (tafreh) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Iranian Persian: سَرْگَرْمی (sargarmi) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Iranian Persian: تَفْریح (tafrih) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Polish: rozrywka — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Polish: zabawa — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Portuguese: entretenimento — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Romanian: divertisment — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Romanian: distracție — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Romanian: petrecere — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Russian: развлече́ние (razvlečénije) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Russian: заба́ва (zabáva) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Russian: поте́ха (potéxa) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Russian: уте́ха (utéxa) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Scots: enterteenment — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Scottish Gaelic: dibhearsan — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑бава — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃbava — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Slovak: zábava — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Slovene: zabȃva — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Spanish: entretenimiento — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Spanish: trebejo — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Spanish: entretención — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Swahili: burudani — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Swedish: underhållning — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Tagalog: pag-aaliw — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Tagalog: aliwan — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Tagalog: paglilibang — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Tajik: саргармшавӣ (sargarmšavi) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Tajik: вақтхушӣ (vaqtxuši) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Tajik: тафреҳ (tafreh) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Telugu: వినోదం (vinōdaṁ) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Thai: การบันเทิง (gaan-ban-təəng) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Thai: ความบันเทิง (kwaam-ban-təəng) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Thai: มหรสพ (má-hɔ̌ɔ-rá-sòp) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Turkish: eğlence — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ottoman Turkish: جنبش (cümbüş) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ottoman Turkish: كیف (keyf) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ottoman Turkish: رامش (râmiş) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ukrainian: розва́га (rozváha) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ukrainian: заба́ва (zabáva) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ukrainian: за́бавка (zábavka) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ukrainian: розри́вка (rozrývka) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ukrainian: уті́ха (utíxa) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Ukrainian: розра́да (rozráda) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Urdu: تَفْرِیح (tafrīh) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Uzbek: oʻyin-kulgi — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Uzbek: ermak — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Vietnamese: sự giải trí — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Vietnamese: giải trí — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Welsh: adloniant — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Yiddish: אונטערהאַלטונג (unterhaltung) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Yiddish: צײַטפֿאַטרײַב (tsaytfatrayb) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Yiddish: הנאה (hanoe) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Yiddish: הנאָהדיקײַט (hanoedikayt) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Yiddish: תּענוג (tayneg) — activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation
• Albanian: argëtim — show for enjoyment
• Bulgarian: заба́ва (zabáva) — show for enjoyment
• Bulgarian: представле́ние (predstavlénie) — show for enjoyment
• Danish: underholdning — show for enjoyment
• Esperanto: spektaĵo — show for enjoyment
• Finnish: näytös — show for enjoyment
• Greek: θέαμα (théama) — show for enjoyment
• Hebrew: מופע (mofa) — show for enjoyment
• Italian: intrattenimento — show for enjoyment
• Central Kurdish: ئاھەنگ (aheng) — show for enjoyment
• Macedonian: претстава (pretstava) — show for enjoyment
• Norwegian Bokmål: underholdning — show for enjoyment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: underhalding — show for enjoyment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: underhaldning — show for enjoyment
• Polish: widowisko — show for enjoyment
• Portuguese: entretenimento — show for enjoyment
• Romanian: spectacol — show for enjoyment
• Russian: развлече́ние (razvlečénije) — show for enjoyment
• Russian: представле́ние (predstavlénije) — show for enjoyment
• Russian: интерте́ймент (intertɛ́jment) — show for enjoyment
• Scots: enterteenment — show for enjoyment
• Spanish: espectáculo — show for enjoyment
• Swahili: burudani — show for enjoyment
• Swedish: underhållning — show for enjoyment
• Yiddish: אויפֿפֿירונג (oyffirung) — show for enjoyment
• Yiddish: שוישפּיל (shoyshpil) — show for enjoyment
• Yiddish: אויסשטעל (oysshtel) — show for enjoyment
• Yiddish: אויסשטעלונג (oysshtelung) — show for enjoyment
• Yiddish: פּראָדוקציע (produktsye) — show for enjoyment
• Yiddish: ספּעקטאַקל (spektakl) — show for enjoyment