di|ver|tisse|ment

di|ver|tisse|ment
di|ver|tisse|ment «duh VUR tihs muhnt; French dee vehrtees mahn», noun.
1. a diversion; amusement; entertainment.
2. a short ballet performed between the acts of a play or between longer ballets.
3. Music. a divertimento.
[< French divertissement < Old French divertir; see etym. under divert (Cf.divert)]

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