divertissements

Variant of divertissement

divertissement definition

di·ver·tisse·ment (di vʉrt′is mənt; Fr dē ver tēs män′)

noun pl. divertissements -·ments

  1. a diversion; amusement
  2. a short ballet, etc. performed between the acts of a play or opera; entr'acte
  3. divertimento

Etymology: Fr.: see divert

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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