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vaudeville en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvəʊd.vɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈvɔː.d(ə)ˌvɪl/ (General-American)
• /-vəl/ (General-American)
• /ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Borrowed from French vaudeville.

Meanings

1. (historical, uncountable) A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
   • Mr. Sterling was born in Baltimore on June 24, 1915, to Jack Sexton and Edna Cable, veteran performers in vaudeville, showboats and stock companies. 1990 November 2, Peter B. Flint, “Jack Sterling, 75, Host on Radio For 18 Years in New York, Dies”, in The New York Times:
2. (countable, historical) An entertainment in this style.
   • “Me, Myself and I,” directed by Emily Mann and engagingly acted by a cast that includes the invaluable Albee veteran Brian Murray, is in the tradition of Mr. Albee’s mid- and late-career works like “The Marriage Play” and “The Play About the Baby”: fragmented philosophical vaudevilles that turn the most fundamental questions of identity into verbal soft-shoes. 2008 January 28, Ben Brantley, “Ta-ta! Give ’Em the Old Existential Soft-Shoe”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Coordinates

burlesque

Deriveds

vaudevillian · vaudevillesque · vaudevillist · vaudevillelike · vaudeville blues

Descendants

bodabil

Synonyms

music hall

Translations (50)

nl vaudeville (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · sv vådevill (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · eo vodevilo (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ka ვოდევილი (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ro vodevil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · sah водевиль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ca vodevil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · az vodevil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · hi वॉडेविल (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · fi vaudeville (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · sv vaudeville (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · he ווֹדְווִיל (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · pl wodewil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · pt vaudeville (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · tl bodabil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · mk водвиль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · el βοντβίλ (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · cmn 雜耍 /杂耍 (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ja ボードビル (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ru варьете́ (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · hi वडेविल (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · cs vaudeville (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · gv ym-yiense (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · uz водевиль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · mr व्हॉडेव्हिल (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · is fjölleikasýning (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · be вадэвіль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · lv vodeviļa (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ko 보더빌 (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · uk водеві́ль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · kk водевиль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · sl vodvil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · es vodevil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ba водеви́ль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ja ヴォードヴィル (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · fr vaudeville (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · de Vaudeville (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · gl vodevil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · bg водевил (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ky водевиль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · sh во̀двӣљ (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · lt vodevilis (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · io vodevilo (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · sh vòdvīlj (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · uz vodevil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · hy վոդևիլ (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · tr vodvil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · is gamansýning (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ru водеви́ль (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment) · ast vodevil (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment)