noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvəʊd.vɪl/
General-American:/ˈvɔː.d(ə)ˌvɪl/
General-American:/-vəl/
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CMU ARPABET:V AA1 D V IH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: music hall
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An entertainment in this style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: music hall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: variety show, variety
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French vaudeville.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
վոդեւիլ
(vodewil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Asturian:
vodevil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Azerbaijani:
vodevil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Bashkir:
водеви́ль
(vodevílʹ)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Belarusian:
вадэвіль
(vadevilʹ)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Bulgarian:
водевил
(vodevil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Catalan:
vodevil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Chinese Mandarin:
雜耍 /杂耍
(záshuǎ)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Czech:
vaudeville
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Dutch:
vaudeville
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Esperanto:
vodevilo
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Finnish:
vaudeville
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
French:
vaudeville
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Galician:
vodevil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Georgian:
ვოდევილი
(vodevili)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
German:
Vaudeville
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Greek:
βοντβίλ
(vontvíl)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Hebrew:
ווֹדְווִיל
(vodevil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Hindi:
वॉडेविल
(vŏḍevil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Hindi:
वडेविल
(vaḍevil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Icelandic:
gamansýning
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Icelandic:
fjölleikasýning
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Ido:
vodevilo
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Japanese:
ヴォードヴィル
(vōdoviru)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Japanese:
ボードビル
(bōdobiru)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Kazakh:
водевиль
(vodevil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Korean:
보더빌
(bodeobil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Kyrgyz:
водевиль
(vodevil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Latvian:
vodeviļa
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Lithuanian:
vodevilis
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Macedonian:
водвиль
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Manx:
ym-yiense
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Marathi:
व्हॉडेव्हिल
(vhŏḍevhil)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Polish:
wodewil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Portuguese:
vaudeville
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Romanian:
vodevil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Russian:
водеви́ль
(vodɛvílʹ)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Russian:
варьете́
(varʹjetɛ́)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Serbo-Croatian:
во̀двӣљ
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Serbo-Croatian:
vòdvīlj
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Slovene:
vodvil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Spanish:
vodevil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Swedish:
vådevill
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Swedish:
vaudeville
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Tagalog:
bodabil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Turkish:
vodvil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Ukrainian:
водеві́ль
(vodevílʹ)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Uzbek:
водевиль
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Uzbek:
vodevil
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
Yakut:
водевиль
(vodevilʹ)
— a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment
