entertaining

English

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eɪnɪŋ

Adjective

entertaining (comparative more entertaining, superlative most entertaining)

Very amusing; that entertains.
- 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Sunderland came back from two goals down to earn a point from an entertaining encounter with West Brom.

Translations

amusing

Belarusian: заба́ўны (zabáŭny), займа́льны (zajmálʹny), забаўля́льны (zabaŭljálʹny)
Bulgarian: заба́вен (bg) (zabáven), занима́телен (bg) (zanimátelen)
Catalan: divertit (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有趣 (zh) (yǒuqù), 逗 (zh) (dòu) (colloquial)
Czech: zábavný (cs)
Dutch: vermakelijk (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: meelelahutuslik

Finnish: viihdyttävä (fi), huvittava (fi), hauska (fi)
French: divertissant (fr) m, distrayant (fr)
German: unterhaltsam (de)
Mirandese: adbertido m, adbertida f
Polish: zabawny (pl), zajmujący
Russian: развлека́тельный (ru) (razvlekátelʹnyj), заба́вный (ru) (zabávnyj), занима́тельный (ru) (zanimátelʹnyj), курьёзный (ru) (kurʹjóznyj)
Spanish: divertido (es) m
Ukrainian: розважа́льний (rozvažálʹnyj), заба́вний (zabávnyj)

Verb

entertaining

present participle of entertain

Noun

entertaining (plural entertainings)

(archaic) Entertainment.
- 1889, George Herbert Curteis, Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, and of Lichfield
  As soon as the festival was over, and the usual routine of summer entertainings and meetings had been got through, the Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn, accompanied by their large family party and some friends, started for a quiet holiday […]

Anagrams

intenerating

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