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divertimento

  • /dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/ UK
  • /dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/ US

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

noun divertimentos · divertimenti

  1. composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.

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noun eighteenth-century composition in several short movements

Españoldivertimento
日本語ディヴェルティメント diverutimento, ディヴェルティスマン diverutisuman, 嬉遊曲, 喜遊曲 kiyūkyoku
中文嬉遊曲 /嬉游曲 xīyóuqū
Françaisdivertimento
DeutschDivertimento
Italianodivertimento
Русскийдивертисме́нт divertismént
العربيةدِيفِرْتِمِنْتُو dīfirtimintū, دِفِرْتِمِنْتُو difirtimintū
עבריתדִיבֶרְטִימֶנְטוֹ divertiménto

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"divertimento." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/divertimento. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{divertimento_2026,
  title = {divertimento},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/divertimento},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}