Meanings
noundivertimento (plural divertimentos or divertimenti)
plural divertimentos · plural divertimenti
- entertainmentcomposition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
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Origin
- Latindīvertere
- Englishdivertimento
Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دِيفِرْتِمِنْتُو, دِفِرْتِمِنْتُو
- دِيفِرْتِمِنْتُو (dīfirtimintū)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
- دِفِرْتِمِنْتُو (difirtimintū)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Basque divertimento
- divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Bulgarian дивертисмент, дивертименто
- дивертисмент (divertisment)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
- дивертименто (divertimento)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Chinese Mandarin 嬉遊曲 /嬉游曲
- 嬉遊曲 /嬉游曲 (xīyóuqū)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Czech divertimento
- divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Estonian divertisment
- divertismenteighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Finnish divertimento
- divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
French divertimento
- divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
German Divertimento
- Divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Hebrew דִיבֶרְטִימֶנְטוֹ
- דִיבֶרְטִימֶנְטוֹ (divertiménto)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Italian divertimento
- divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Japanese ディヴェルティメント, ディヴェルティスマン
- ディヴェルティメント (diverutimento)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
- ディヴェルティスマン (diverutisuman)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
- 嬉遊曲eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
- 喜遊曲 (kiyūkyoku)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Lithuanian divertismentas
- divertismentaseighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Polish divertimento
- divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Russian дивертисме́нт
- дивертисме́нт (divertismént)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Spanish divertimento
- divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Swedish divertimento
- divertimentoeighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Thai ดีแวร์ตีเมนโต
- ดีแวร์ตีเมนโต (dii-wɛɛr-dtii-meen-dtoo)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
Ukrainian дивертисме́нт
- дивертисме́нт (dyvertysmént)eighteenth-century composition in several short movements
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APA
divertimento. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divertimento
MLA
“divertimento.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divertimento. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divertimento,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divertimento.
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