What does "divertimento" mean?

composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.

What is a synonym for "divertimento"?

Common synonyms include: act, bit, chaser, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser.

Pronounced //dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ//.

//dəˌvɝtəˈmɛntoʊ// noun

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Noun

1
composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
2
a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form wordnet

Borrowed from Italian, from divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”), from Latin dīvertere.

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