Word.ws English Dictionary

divertisement

/dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪzmənt/

divertisement noun: fun; amusement; recreation.

Noun

divertisement (countable and uncountable, plural divertisements)

  1. (archaic) fun; amusement; recreation

Forms of divertisement

pluraldivertisements

Origin of divertisement

From French divertissement, from divertir (“to divert, to amuse”).

Questions about divertisement

What does divertisement mean?
Divertisement means fun; amusement; recreation.
What part of speech is divertisement?
Divertisement is a noun.
How do you pronounce divertisement?
Divertisement is pronounced /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪzmənt/.
What is the plural of divertisement?
The plural of divertisement is divertisements.

Words near divertisement in the dictionary

  1. divertingly
  2. divertingness
  3. divertings
  4. divertise
  5. divertised
  6. divertisement
  7. divertisements
  8. divertises
  9. divertising
  10. divertissement
  11. divertissementlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: divertisement (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “divertisement.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/divertisement. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.