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Definition of divertissement in English: divertissementnoun dɪˈvəːtɪsməntˌdiːvɛːˈtiːsmɒ̃dəˈvərdəsmənt 1A minor entertainment or diversion. the intellectual divertissements of working men Example sentencesExamples - There is an episode with everyone in beaky white masks that I didn't quite follow, and a jazz-dance divertissement.
- The second program was the two-act The Two Pigeons - not seen in New York since 1963-and various other Ashton divertissements.
- If the divertissement and the etiquette were excellent derivatives, Church music had also its role to maintain.
- The delightful tableau featured on Friday's front page, showing a pair of young ladies in the throws of an evening's divertissement, was a work of art.
- That is, have we all been carried away by a desire for some kind of entertaining political divertissement?
- It's all on display for our divertissement in Twentieth Century Eightball.
- Finally we had divertissements from Napoli, a rarely-seen ballet here.
- It looked magnificent and was a suitable backdrop for the divertissements of the wedding celebrations.
- However, one can't really call this great drama, but a divertissement.
- The negligence of religion by scientists has made the science a tool of the lust for power or a mere divertissement.
- Okay, I'll admit, Norwich entertained me on that little divertissement.
- In contrast to Tailleferre's lightweight divertissement of a quartet, Durey's is concentrated, serious and powerful.
- Ultimately, however, this modest divertissement is all about Busch.
- But brevity is the soul of wit, and Lemoine's well-crafted divertissements have enchanted theatregoers for the past 22 years.
Synonyms entertainment, amusement, recreation, pastime, game, hobby - 1.1Ballet A short dance within a ballet that displays a dancer's technical skill without advancing the plot or character development.
Example sentencesExamples - Comparing them and their comrades to booted divertissement dancers in nineteenth-century ballet is out of the question.
- A pleasing divertissement in classical style ended the program on a lighter note.
- A new, charming pas de cinq opened the Act III divertissements, set to a passage of Tchaikovsky music that Petipa never used.
- The Tarantella was originally not part of the Grand Pas de Deux, it was intended as a divertissement or National Dance in Act One.
- The existing Bournonville repertory ranges from full-scale story ballets to divertissements and small showpieces.
Origin Early 18th century (specifically denoting a short ballet): French, from divertiss-, stem of divertir, from Latin divertere 'turn in separate ways'. Definition of divertissement in US English: divertissementnoundəˈvərdəsməntdəˈvərdəsmənt 1A minor entertainment or diversion. as a Sunday divertissement Wittgenstein would play Schubert quartets Example sentencesExamples - In contrast to Tailleferre's lightweight divertissement of a quartet, Durey's is concentrated, serious and powerful.
- The negligence of religion by scientists has made the science a tool of the lust for power or a mere divertissement.
- Okay, I'll admit, Norwich entertained me on that little divertissement.
- If the divertissement and the etiquette were excellent derivatives, Church music had also its role to maintain.
- It's all on display for our divertissement in Twentieth Century Eightball.
- The second program was the two-act The Two Pigeons - not seen in New York since 1963-and various other Ashton divertissements.
- Finally we had divertissements from Napoli, a rarely-seen ballet here.
- Ultimately, however, this modest divertissement is all about Busch.
- It looked magnificent and was a suitable backdrop for the divertissements of the wedding celebrations.
- The delightful tableau featured on Friday's front page, showing a pair of young ladies in the throws of an evening's divertissement, was a work of art.
- That is, have we all been carried away by a desire for some kind of entertaining political divertissement?
- But brevity is the soul of wit, and Lemoine's well-crafted divertissements have enchanted theatregoers for the past 22 years.
- However, one can't really call this great drama, but a divertissement.
- There is an episode with everyone in beaky white masks that I didn't quite follow, and a jazz-dance divertissement.
Synonyms entertainment, amusement, recreation, pastime, game, hobby - 1.1Ballet A short dance within a ballet that displays a dancer's technical skill without advancing the plot or character development.
Example sentencesExamples - A new, charming pas de cinq opened the Act III divertissements, set to a passage of Tchaikovsky music that Petipa never used.
- The Tarantella was originally not part of the Grand Pas de Deux, it was intended as a divertissement or National Dance in Act One.
- The existing Bournonville repertory ranges from full-scale story ballets to divertissements and small showpieces.
- A pleasing divertissement in classical style ended the program on a lighter note.
- Comparing them and their comrades to booted divertissement dancers in nineteenth-century ballet is out of the question.
Origin Early 18th century (specifically denoting a short ballet): French, from divertiss-, stem of divertir, from Latin divertere ‘turn in separate ways’. |