"vaudeville" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/ [US], /ˈvoʊd.vɪl/ [US], /ˈvɔː.də.vɪl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-vaudeville.wav Forms: vaudevilles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French vaudeville. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|vaudeville}} Borrowed from French vaudeville Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vaudeville (countable and uncountable, plural vaudevilles)
  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. Tags: historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Entertainment Translations (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment): վոդևիլ (vodewil) (Armenian), vodevil [masculine] (Asturian), vodevil (Azerbaijani), водеви́ль (vodevílʹ) (Bashkir), вадэвіль (vadevilʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), водевил (vodevil) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vodevil [masculine] (Catalan), 雜耍 /杂耍 (záshuǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), vaudeville [masculine] (Czech), vaudeville [masculine] (Dutch), vodevilo (Esperanto), vaudeville (Finnish), vaudeville [masculine] (French), vodevil [masculine] (Galician), ვოდევილი (vodevili) (Georgian), Vaudeville [neuter] (German), βοντβίλ (vontvíl) [masculine] (Greek), ווֹדְווִיל (vodevil) [masculine] (Hebrew), वॉडेविल (vŏḍevil) [masculine] (Hindi), वडेविल (vaḍevil) [masculine] (Hindi), gamansýning [feminine] (Icelandic), fjölleikasýning [feminine] (Icelandic), vodevilo (Ido), ヴォードヴィル (vōdoviru) (Japanese), ボードビル (bōdobiru) (Japanese), водевиль (vodevil) (Kazakh), 보더빌 (bodeobil) (Korean), водевиль (vodevil) (Kyrgyz), vodeviļa [feminine] (Latvian), vodevilis [masculine] (Lithuanian), водвиль [masculine] (Macedonian), ym-yiense [masculine] (Manx), व्हॉडेव्हिल (vhŏḍevhil) (Marathi), wodewil [masculine] (Polish), vaudeville [masculine] (Portuguese), vodevil [neuter] (Romanian), водеви́ль (vodɛvílʹ) [masculine] (Russian), варьете́ (varʹjetɛ́) [neuter] (Russian), во̀двӣљ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vòdvīlj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vodvil [masculine] (Slovene), vodevil [masculine] (Spanish), vådevill [common-gender] (Swedish), vaudeville [common-gender] (Swedish), bodabil (Tagalog), vodvil (Turkish), водеві́ль (vodevílʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), водевиль [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), vodevil [Roman] (Uzbek), водевиль (vodevil) (Yakut)
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  2. (historical, countable) An entertainment in this style. Tags: countable, historical Categories (topical): Entertainment
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: music hall [British] Derived forms: vaudeville blues, vaudevillian (english: noun/adjective) Coordinate_terms: burlesque

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vòdvīlj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vodvil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vodevil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vådevill"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vaudeville"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "word": "bodabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "word": "vodvil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vodevílʹ",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "водеві́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "водевиль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "vodevil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "vodevil",
      "sense": "a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment",
      "word": "водевиль"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vaudeville"
}

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