Definition of vaudeville Vaudeville
/vɑˈdvɪl/ - [vadvil] - vau•de•ville
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What does vaudeville mean?
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NounPlural: vaudevilles |
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| vaudeville - a variety show with songs and comic acts etc. | ||
| music hall | ||
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Wiktionary 
- vaudeville (Noun)
A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. - vaudeville (Noun)
An entertainment in this style.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- vaudeville (n.)
A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song. - vaudeville (n.)
A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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vaudeville
From Lat. vaut, good for, and villageois, countryman. Good for countrymen.
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A Vaudeville was a French satirical poem or song in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was used a lot in French theatre where entertainments using such songs were called "comédie en vaudeville". Later there also grew an American vaudeville tradition.
History.
The earliest vaudeville was the "vau de vire", a Norman song of the 15th century, named after the valley of Vire. During the 16th century a style grew in the towns in France called the "voix de ville" ("city voices"), whose name may have been a pun on "vau de vire". These were also satirical. The two styles came together and in the 17th and 18th century. The term 'vaudeville' came to be used for songs satirizing political and court events.
Growth.
The comédie en vaudeville grew from the tradition of these simple songs. The Paris audiences in the late 17th and early 18th century enjoyed hearing the familiar vaudeville tunes to new words. These comedies then grew into opéra-comique.
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🔤- vaudeville, noun, singular of vaudevilles.
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