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vaudeville

/ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/US/ˈvɔː.d(ə)ˌvɪl/

vaudeville noun: a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.

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.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    music hall
  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...2008 January 28, Ben Brantley, “Ta-ta! Give ’Em the Old Existential Soft-Shoe”, in The New York Times

vaudeville meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

vaudeville in Hindi

a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
वॉडेविल vŏḍevil, वडेविल vaḍevil

vaudeville in Tamil

ஆடல் பாடல் விரவிய நாடகம், பல்சுவைக் கேஷீக்கைக்காட்சி, பிரான்சு நாட்டு மக்கட் பாடல்

vaudeville in Marathi

a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
व्हॉडेव्हिल vhŏḍevhil

vaudeville in Urdu

غنائی ناٹک, پچ میل تماشا
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vaudeville in Tagalog
bodabil

Examples of vaudeville in a sentence

  • In fact, that goes back to the days of vaudeville and beyond.
  • They taught the twins to play saxophone and transferred them from the sideshow to vaudeville.
  • Their theatrical performances consisted of buxom chorines, weepy soubrettes, vaudeville acts, and a piano-pounding "professor".

All 13 example sentences with vaudeville

Synonyms of vaudeville

Forms of vaudeville

pluralvaudevilles

Origin of vaudeville

Borrowed from French vaudeville.

Words formed from vaudeville

Questions about vaudeville

What does vaudeville mean?
Vaudeville means a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
What is vaudeville in Hindi?
Vaudeville in Hindi is वॉडेविल (vŏḍevil), वडेविल (vaḍevil). See Vaudeville meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is vaudeville?
Vaudeville is a noun.
How do you pronounce vaudeville?
Vaudeville is pronounced /ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of vaudeville?
The plural of vaudeville is vaudevilles.

Words near vaudeville in the dictionary

  1. vauclusian
  2. vauclusian spring
  3. vauclusian springs
  4. Vaud
  5. Vauderens
  6. vaudeville
  7. vaudeville blues
  8. vaudevillean
  9. vaudevilleans
  10. vaudevillelike
  11. vaudevilles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vaudeville (page history and authors); vaudeville (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vaudeville (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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