entertainment

A2 Topic:Entertainment & Leisure

US /ˌɛn.tɚˈteɪn.mənt/ UK /ˌɛn.təˈteɪn.mənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #4224

Meanings

1

noun
Activity such as films, music, or games that gives people enjoyment.

Television is still the most popular form of entertainment in many homes.
2

noun
A show or performance put on for an audience's enjoyment.

The hotel offers live entertainment every evening.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · activity such as films,... amusement

Word family

Forms entertainments

Derived forms advertainmentagri-entertainmentagritainmentangertainmentcricketainmentdocutainmenteatertainmentedutainmententertoymententertrainmentexertainmentinfotainment

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Phrases (1)

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entertainment center
a furniture unit arranged to hold television and audio equipment

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English entretenement (“support, maintenance”), from Old French entretenement; see entertain. Morphologically entertain + -ment.

*ten- Proto-Indo-European entretenement Middle English

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Topics

Entertainment & Leisure

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# entertainment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɛn.tɚˈteɪn.mənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɛn.təˈteɪn.mənt/
**Frequency rank:** 4224

## Meanings
1. Activity such as films, music, or games that gives people enjoyment.
2. A show or performance put on for an audience's enjoyment.

## Examples
- Television is still the most popular form of entertainment in many homes.
- The hotel offers live entertainment every evening.

## Derived Forms
- advertainment
- agri-entertainment
- agritainment
- angertainment
- cricketainment
- docutainment
- eatertainment
- edutainment
- entertoyment
- entertrainment
- exertainment
- infotainment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ten-
- Root: entretenement

## Etymology
From Middle English entretenement (“support, maintenance”), from Old French entretenement; see entertain. Morphologically entertain + -ment.

## AI Etymology
Entertainment comes from Middle English entretenement (“support, maintenance”), from Old French entretenement; see entertain. Morphologically entertain + -ment. In current use, the main senses are “Activity such as films, music, or games that gives people enjoyment” and “A show or performance put on for an audience's enjoyment”.

## Topics
- Entertainment & Leisure

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