edutainment
e·du·tain·ment/ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈteɪn.mənt/noun
edutainment is a noun meaning “Educational entertainment, a form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, games or any material) that provides both education and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-D-U-T-A-I-N-M-E-N-T and has 4 syllables (e·du·tain·ment), and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of edutainment is edutainments.
What does edutainment mean?
noun
- 1
Educational entertainment, a form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, games or any material) that provides both education and entertainment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce edutainment?
- UK /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈteɪn.mənt/
- UK /ˌɛd.jʊˈteɪn.mənt/
- US /ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈteɪn.mənt/
Edutainment has 4 syllables, split e·du·tain·ment in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-edutainment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of edutainment
- edutainments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is edutainment?
Edutainment appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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).
Edutainment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ludopédagogie |
| Spanish | edutenimiento |
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 edutainment come from?
Blend of education + entertainment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).