divertissement
French, noun/di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃/
divertissement is spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divertissement is a French masculine noun meaning “entertainment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Récréation, amusement”.
What does divertissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineentertainment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Récréation, amusement. 2. Émission de télévision dont le but principal est de divertir le téléspectateur. 3. Partie dansée, quelquefois mêlée de chant, d’un opéra ou de toute autre pièce de théâtre. 4. Occupation plus ou moins agréable qui détourne l’homme de lui-même et le fait sortir de lui.
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 divertissement
- divertissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divertissement?
- /di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃/
- \di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃\
- [di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to divertissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divertissement in French?
divertissement appears 7.4 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).