[d?'v?:t?sm?nt, ?di:v?:'ti:sm?divertissement]
¦ noun
1. a minor entertainment or diversion.
2. Ballet a short discrete dance within a ballet, intended to display a dancer's technical skill.
Origin
C18 (denoting a short ballet): Fr., from divertiss-, divertir, from L. divertere 'turn in separate ways'.