noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kæbəˈɹeɪ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is held.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A strip club.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a series of acts at a night club
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: floorshow, floor show
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
5
noun
Meaning 5
a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
don't expect a good meal at a cabaret
the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night
he played the drums at a jazz club
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nightclub, night club, club, nightspot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spot
Narrower terms: honkytonk, dive, supper club
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh2em-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati Proto-Iranian *kamarāder. Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor. Latin camerader. Old Northern French cambereteder. Old French cambre Picard Old French camberetder. Middle Dutch cambretder. Middle French cabaret French cabaretbor. English cabaret Borrowed from French cabaret.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kabare
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Arabic:
كَبَارِيه
(kabārēh)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Armenian:
կաբարե
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Asturian:
cabaré
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Azerbaijani:
kabare
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Belarusian:
кабарэ́
(kabaré)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Bulgarian:
кабаре́
(kabaré)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Catalan:
cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Chinese Mandarin:
卡巴萊 /卡巴莱
(kǎbālái)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Czech:
kabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Danish:
kabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Dutch:
cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Esperanto:
kabareto
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Esperanto:
kabaredo
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Estonian:
kabaree
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Finnish:
kabaree
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
French:
cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Galician:
cabaré
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Georgian:
კაბარე
(ḳabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
German:
Kabarett
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
German:
Cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Greek:
καμπαρέ
(kamparé)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Hebrew:
קַבָּרֶט
(kabaré)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Hindi:
काबरे
(kābre)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Hungarian:
kabaré
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Ido:
kabareto
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Indonesian:
kabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Italian:
cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Italian:
varietà
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Japanese:
キャバレー
(kyabarē)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Kazakh:
кабаре
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Korean:
카바레
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Kyrgyz:
кабаре
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Latvian:
kabarē
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Lithuanian:
kabaretas
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Macedonian:
кабаре
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Malay:
kabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Mongolian:
кабаре
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Mongolian:
кабарэ
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Norwegian Bokmål:
kabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Norwegian Bokmål:
cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Iranian Persian:
کابارِه
(kâbâre)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Polish:
kabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Portuguese:
cabaré
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Portuguese:
cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Romanian:
cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Russian:
кабаре́
(kabarɛ́)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Serbo-Croatian:
каба̀рет
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Serbo-Croatian:
кабаре
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Serbo-Croatian:
kabàret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Serbo-Croatian:
kabare
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Slovak:
kabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Slovene:
kabarét
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Spanish:
cabaré
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Spanish:
cabaret
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Swedish:
kabaré
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Tajik:
кабаре
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Thai:
คาบาเร่ต์
(kaa-baa-rêe)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Turkish:
kabare
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Turkmen:
kabare
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Ukrainian:
кабаре́
(kabaré)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Uzbek:
kabare
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
Yiddish:
קאַבאַרע
(kabare)
— live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub
