divertir
French, verb/di.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
divertir is spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-R (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 17,903rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divertir is a French verb meaning “to amuse; to entertain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Détourner de ce qui préoccupe, fatigue, ennuie en amusant, en récréant”.
What does divertir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to amuse; to entertain
- 2
to distract
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Détourner de ce qui préoccupe, fatigue, ennuie en amusant, en récréant. 2. Détourner d’une occupation, d’un dessein. 3. Faire diversion. 4. Soustraire, dérober, s’approprier illégitimement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of divertir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- divertissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- diverti participle past
- divertis first-person indicative present
- divertit indicative present singular
- divertissons first-person indicative plural
- divertissez indicative plural present
- divertissent indicative plural present
- divertissais first-person imperfect indicative
- divertissait imperfect indicative singular
- divertissions first-person imperfect indicative
- divertissiez imperfect indicative plural
- divertissaient imperfect indicative plural
- divertîmes first-person historic indicative
- divertîtes historic indicative past
- divertirent historic indicative past
- divertirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divertir?
- /di.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
- \di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to divertir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divertir in French?
divertir appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).