amuse

Etymology
From Late, from , from + , of  and obscure origin. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Possibly from from   — compare 🇨🇬  –, from, from. Compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Alternative etymology connects and  with 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬. This would make it a cognate of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬. More at.

Verb

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

Translations

 * Belarusian: забаўля́ць,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Cornish: didhana
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: amuzi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: לשעשע
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: oblectō,
 * Macedonian: забавува
 * Maori: whakangahau, whakangāoko
 * Mirandese: adbertir, antretener
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: tǽtan
 * Polish:, , rozbawić,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: за̀бављати, за̀бавити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: baviť, zabávať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: розважа́ти, забавля́ти,
 * Welsh: diddori


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Maori: whakakata, whakakatakata
 * Mirandese: adbertir
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Russian:, ; ,


 * Hebrew:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) appetiser, hors d'oeuvre