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Meanings of divertissement in inglês

Divertissement (from the French 'diversion' or 'amusement') is used, in a similar sense to the Italian 'divertimento', for a light piece of music for a small group of players, however the French term has additional meanings.

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Usage of divertissement in inglês
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The people are a merrier divertissement than the theatre with its hackneyed stories.
A Mountain Woman
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Seizing the poker, she stirred the fire, and created a divertissement.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
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You ought to make a selection from them for your divertissement.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08
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In this country, classical music has become more and more a middle-class divertissement.
The Guardian
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The fixed round of delirious divertissement unfolded as per schedule.
The Lone Wolf: A Melodrama
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The baiting of the blacks was Tarzan's chief divertissement.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
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So I have arranged a little divertissement for you.
Scoop
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Cincinnati had little by way of high-toned divertissement.
The Guardian
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Do you fancy a day out, a break from the dull and dreary, a little divertissement?
The Irish Times
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The only thing now wanting, was the divertissement, which was not composed until a long time afterwards.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08
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This little divertissement quite took their fancy.
Olla Podrida
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There was an extra performance of "Hänsel und Gretel," and ballet divertissement on Christmas day.
Chapters of Opera / Being historical and critical observations a...
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For her there was no longer anticipation of joy, or present companionship, or any divertissement in the whole world.
A Mountain Woman
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I should be simply heart-broken if your spring of divertissement should ever run dry-especiallyif you held me in any way responsible.
White Ashes
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Jeremy doesn't dance badly, and I only do passably well-andwe ought to appear indistinguishable in the little divertissement that is being prepared.
The Triple Marriage
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Three years later, the building reopened as the Centre de divertissement du Forum Pepsi, the metaphor changed from spectator sport to food and entertainment.
Grave Secrets
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