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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vaude•ville /ˈvɔdvɪl, ˈvɔdə-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Show Businessa form of popular entertainment in the U.S. from the late 1800's to the mid-1920's, having a program of separate and varied acts.
vaude•vil•lian /vɔdˈvɪlyən, ˌvɔdə-/USA pronunciation n. [countable], adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vaude•ville (vôd′vil, vōd′-, vô′də-),USA pronunciation n. - Show Businesstheatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians. Cf. variety (def. 9).
- Music and Dance, Show Businessa theatrical piece of light or amusing character, interspersed with songs and dances.
- Music and Dancea satirical cabaret song.
- French, shortened alteration of Middle French chanson du vau de Vire song of the vale1 of Vire, a valley of Calvados, France, noted for satirical folksongs
- 1730–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vaudeville /ˈvəʊdəvɪl ˈvɔː-/ n - chiefly US Canadian variety entertainment consisting of short acts such as acrobatic turns, song-and-dance routines, animal acts, etc, popular esp in the early 20th century
Brit name: music hall - a light or comic theatrical piece interspersed with songs and dances
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from vaudevire satirical folk song, shortened from chanson du vau de Vire song of the valley of Vire, a district in Normandy where this type of song flourished |