Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

divertimento

/dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
di-ver-ti-men-to
IPA
/dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, dīvertere

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/
  • British English: /dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/

Inflected Forms

divertimentos (plural) divertimenti (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

divertissement

Synonyms

serenade

Rhymes With

cilento sacramento memento bento sorrento lento mento dento- pentimento

Questions

How do you pronounce divertimento?
The recorded pronunciation is /dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ/.
What does divertimento mean?
composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
Where does divertimento come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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