amuse

Senso (Inglese)

1. (transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.
2. (transitive) To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
3. (archaic, transitive) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
4. (archaic, transitive) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

Concetti

divertire

svagare

distrarre

intrattenere

dilettare

trastullare

diverti

giocare

appagare

rallegrare

ricreare

sollazzare

sinonimi

entertain

divert

please

delight

cheer up

enjoy

play with

gladden

cause to laugh

play

satisfy

disport

gratify

make laugh

recreate

joke

🤣

cheer

humor

fun

sport

enjoy oneself

beguile

have fun

distract

frolic

amusement

laugh

😆

lead astray

make glad

make joyful

mislead

mock

oblige

pander

perform

play games

pleasure

recreation

regale

revel

ridicule

skylark

sneer

snicker

snigger

solace

suit

taunt

tend

tickle

Traduzioni

amuser

divertir

διασκεδάζω

unterhalten

entretener

amuseren

divertir

belustigen

vermaken

amüsieren

égayer

divertir

divertir

onderhouden

eğlendirmek

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əˈmjuːz/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: *amusen

Affine occitano: musa

Affine italiano: musare

Affine frisone settentrionale: müs

Affine tedesco: Maul

Affine Frankish: *muoza

Affine olandese: musen

Affine tedesco antico alto: *muoza

Affine tedesco: Muße

In summary

From Late Middle English *amusen (“to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Vulgar Latin *mūsa (“snout”) — compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”) –, from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare North Frisian müs, mös (“mouth”), German Maul (“muzzle, snout”).
Alternative etymology connects muser and musa with Frankish *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtǭ (“leave, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, control”).
This would make it a cognate of Dutch musen (“to leisure”), Old High German *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”) and muozōn (“to be idle, have leisure or opportunity”), German Muße (“leisure”). More at empty.