Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entertaining

/ˌɛntəɹˈteɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: en-ter-tain-ing
IPA: /ˌɛntəɹˈteɪnɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very amusing; that entertains.

verb

present participle and gerund of entertain

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining."
"Sunderland came back from two goals down to earn a point from an entertaining encounter with West Brom."
"As soon as the festival was over, and the usual routine of summer entertainings and meetings had been got through, the Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn, accompanied by their large family party and some friends, started for a quiet holiday […]"

Etymology

From entertain + -ing.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more entertaining (comparative) most entertaining (superlative) entertainings (plural)

Derived Forms

entertailing entertainingly entertainingness unentertaining

Synonyms

funfilled

Rhymes With

training remaining containing maintaining explaining gaining complaining obtaining retaining raining campaigning pertaining

Questions

How do you pronounce entertaining?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛntəɹˈteɪnɪŋ/.
What does entertaining mean?: Very amusing; that entertains.
Where does entertaining come from?: From entertain + -ing.

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