divertiment

From Devoto-Oli, Dizionario della Lingua Italiana: Cassazione = Composizione strumentale simile alla serenata e al divertiment, diffusa in Germania nel tardo Settecento.

languagehat.com: CASSATION. 2004

The theatre was small, a mere nothing, in fact; a mere affair of peasants, you understand; and the Signor Di Paoli spread his hands and put his head on one side, parrot-wise; but we might find a little diversion — un peu de divertiment.

Twilight in Italy 2003

The theatre was small, a mere nothing, in fact; a mere affair of peasants, you understand; and the Signor Di Paoli spread his hands and put his head on one side, parrot-wise; but we might find a little diversion -- _un peu de divertiment_.

Twilight in Italy 1907