divertimento
di·ver·ti·men·to/dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/noun
divertimento is spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-M-E-N-T-O: 12 letters and 5 syllables (di·ver·ti·men·to). It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, divertimento means “composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of divertimento is divertimentos or divertimenti.
How many letters and syllables are in divertimento?
| Letters | 12: D-I-V-E-R-T-I-M-E-N-T-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: di·ver·ti·men·to |
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is divertimento?
Divertimento appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce divertimento?
- UK /dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/
- US /dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/
Divertimento has 5 syllables, split di·ver·ti·men·to in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-divertimento.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with divertimento?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as divertimento from its last stressed vowel (/ɛntoʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of divertimento
- divertimentos plural
- divertimenti plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does divertimento mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Divertimento in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense eighteenth-century composition in several short movements:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | divertimento |
| German | Divertimento |
| Spanish | divertimento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does divertimento come from?
Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).