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   Di·ver·tisse·ment

   /dəˈvərdəsmənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a minor entertainment or diversion: "as a Sunday divertissement Wittgenstein would play Schubert quartets"
   • ▪ a short dance within a ballet that displays a dancer's technical skill without advancing the plot or character development.

   Word Origin early 18th century (specifically denoting a short ballet): French, from divertiss-, stem of divertir, from Latin divertere ‘turn in separate ways’.

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   a brief entertainment or diversion, usually between the acts of a play. music. a fantasia on popular melodies; potpourri. a piece or pieces written to be played during the intervals in a play, opera, etc. another word for divertimento.

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   1. (= fait de divertir) entertainment. (= passe-temps, activité) pastime. C’est un divertissement agréable. It’s an enjoyable pastime. 2. (Music) divertimento ⧫ divertissement. Collins French-English Dictionary © by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Browse Collins French collocations.

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   Dec 23, 2023 · divertissement (usually uncountable, plural divertissements) An entertaining diversion. A short ballet within a larger work, usually providing a break from the main plot.

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   1. (= fait de divertir) entertainment. (= passe-temps, activité) pastime. C’est un divertissement agréable. It’s an enjoyable pastime. 2. (Music) divertimento ⧫ divertissement. Collins French-English Dictionary © by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Browse Collins French collocations.

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   Divertissement Definition. A diversion; amusement. A short performance, typically a ballet, that is presented as an interlude in an opera, play, or other entertainment. Divertimento.

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   Apr 25, 2024 · 1. a brief entertainment or diversion, usually between the acts of a play. 2. music. a. a fantasia on popular melodies; potpourri. b. a piece or pieces written to be played during the intervals in a play, opera, etc. c. another word for divertimento. Collins English Dictionary.

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   Quick Reference. (Fr.). Amusement. The same as divertimento, with the additional meaning of an entertainment of dances and songs inserted in an 18th‐cent. stage spectacle or sometimes in a ballet or opera (as in Gounod's Faust or Delibes's Coppélia). The term is also applied to a suite of dances unconnected by a story.