vaudeville

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French vaudeville.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.d(ə).vɪl/, /ˈvoʊd.vɪl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔː.də.vɪl/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

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.
2. (historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
   • 2008 January 28, Ben Brantley, “Ta-ta! Give ’Em the Old Existential Soft-Shoe”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “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 most fundamental questions of identity into verbal soft-shoes.

Synonyms

• music hall (British)

Coordinate terms

• burlesque

Derived terms

• vaudeville blues
• vaudevillian (noun/adjective)

Descendants

• → Tagalog: bodabil

Translations

a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment

• Armenian: վոդևիլ (hy) (vodewil)
• Asturian: vodevil m
• Azerbaijani: vodevil
• Bashkir: водеви́ль (vodevílʹ)
• Belarusian: вадэвіль m (vadevilʹ)
• Bulgarian: водевил m (vodevil)
• Catalan: vodevil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雜耍／杂耍 (zh) (záshuǎ)

• Czech: vaudeville m
• Dutch: vaudeville (nl) m
• Esperanto: vodevilo
• Finnish: vaudeville
• French: vaudeville (fr) m
• Galician: vodevil m
• Georgian: ვოდევილი (vodevili)
• German: Vaudeville n
• Greek: βοντβίλ (el) m (vontvíl)
• Hebrew: ווֹדְווִיל m (vodevil)
• Hindi: वॉडेविल m (vŏḍevil), वडेविल m (vaḍevil)
• Icelandic: gamansýning f, fjölleikasýning f
• Ido: vodevilo (io)
• Japanese: ヴォードヴィル (vōdoviru), ボードビル (bōdobiru)
• Kazakh: водевиль (vodevil)
• Korean: 보더빌 (bodeobil)
• Kyrgyz: водевиль (ky) (vodevil)
• Latvian: vodeviļa f
• Lithuanian: vodevilis m
• Macedonian: водвиль m
• Manx: ym-yiense m
• Polish: wodewil (pl) m
• Portuguese: vaudeville (pt) m
• Romanian: vodevil (ro) n
• Russian: водеви́ль (ru) m (vodɛvílʹ), варьете́ (ru) n (varʹjetɛ́)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: во̀двӣљ m

  Roman: vòdvīlj (sh) m

• Slovene: vodvil m
• Spanish: vodevil m
• Swedish: vådevill (sv) c, vaudeville (sv) c
• Tagalog: bodabil
• Turkish: vodvil (tr)
• Ukrainian: водеві́ль m (vodevílʹ)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: водевиль (uz)

  Roman: vodevil (uz)

• Yakut: водевиль (vodevil)

Finnish

Etymology

French vaudeville

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoːdʋil/, [ˈʋo̞ːdʋil]

Noun

vaudeville

1. vaudeville

Declension

Inflection of vaudeville (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		vaudeville	vaudevillet
genitive		vaudevillen	vaudevillejen
partitive		vaudevillea	vaudevilleja
illative		vaudevilleen	vaudevilleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vaudeville	vaudevillet
accusative	nom.	vaudeville	vaudevillet
	gen.	vaudevillen
genitive		vaudevillen	vaudevillejen vaudevilleinrare
partitive		vaudevillea	vaudevilleja
inessive		vaudevillessa	vaudevilleissa
elative		vaudevillesta	vaudevilleista
illative		vaudevilleen	vaudevilleihin
adessive		vaudevillella	vaudevilleilla
ablative		vaudevillelta	vaudevilleilta
allative		vaudevillelle	vaudevilleille
essive		vaudevillena	vaudevilleina
translative		vaudevilleksi	vaudevilleiksi
abessive		vaudevilletta	vaudevilleitta
instructive		—	vaudevillein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vaudeville (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vaudevilleni vaudevilleni accusative nom. vaudevilleni vaudevilleni gen. vaudevilleni genitive vaudevilleni vaudevillejeni vaudevilleinirare partitive vaudevilleani vaudevillejani inessive vaudevillessani vaudevilleissani elative vaudevillestani vaudevilleistani illative vaudevilleeni vaudevilleihini adessive vaudevillellani vaudevilleillani ablative vaudevilleltani vaudevilleiltani allative vaudevillelleni vaudevilleilleni essive vaudevillenani vaudevilleinani translative vaudevillekseni vaudevilleikseni abessive vaudevillettani vaudevilleittani instructive — — comitative — vaudevilleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vaudevillesi vaudevillesi accusative nom. vaudevillesi vaudevillesi gen. vaudevillesi genitive vaudevillesi vaudevillejesi vaudevilleisirare partitive vaudevilleasi vaudevillejasi inessive vaudevillessasi vaudevilleissasi elative vaudevillestasi vaudevilleistasi illative vaudevilleesi vaudevilleihisi adessive vaudevillellasi vaudevilleillasi ablative vaudevilleltasi vaudevilleiltasi allative vaudevillellesi vaudevilleillesi essive vaudevillenasi vaudevilleinasi translative vaudevilleksesi vaudevilleiksesi abessive vaudevillettasi vaudevilleittasi instructive — — comitative — vaudevilleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vaudevillemme vaudevillemme accusative nom. vaudevillemme vaudevillemme gen. vaudevillemme genitive vaudevillemme vaudevillejemme vaudevilleimmerare partitive vaudevilleamme vaudevillejamme inessive vaudevillessamme vaudevilleissamme elative vaudevillestamme vaudevilleistamme illative vaudevilleemme vaudevilleihimme adessive vaudevillellamme vaudevilleillamme ablative vaudevilleltamme vaudevilleiltamme allative vaudevillellemme vaudevilleillemme essive vaudevillenamme vaudevilleinamme translative vaudevilleksemme vaudevilleiksemme abessive vaudevillettamme vaudevilleittamme instructive — — comitative — vaudevilleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vaudevillenne vaudevillenne accusative nom. vaudevillenne vaudevillenne gen. vaudevillenne genitive vaudevillenne vaudevillejenne vaudevilleinnerare partitive vaudevilleanne vaudevillejanne inessive vaudevillessanne vaudevilleissanne elative vaudevillestanne vaudevilleistanne illative vaudevilleenne vaudevilleihinne adessive vaudevillellanne vaudevilleillanne ablative vaudevilleltanne vaudevilleiltanne allative vaudevillellenne vaudevilleillenne essive vaudevillenanne vaudevilleinanne translative vaudevilleksenne vaudevilleiksenne abessive vaudevillettanne vaudevilleittanne instructive — — comitative — vaudevilleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vaudevillensa vaudevillensa accusative nom. vaudevillensa vaudevillensa gen. vaudevillensa genitive vaudevillensa vaudevillejensa vaudevilleinsarare partitive vaudevilleaan vaudevilleansa vaudevillejaan vaudevillejansa inessive vaudevillessaan vaudevillessansa vaudevilleissaan vaudevilleissansa elative vaudevillestaan vaudevillestansa vaudevilleistaan vaudevilleistansa illative vaudevilleensa vaudevilleihinsa adessive vaudevillellaan vaudevillellansa vaudevilleillaan vaudevilleillansa ablative vaudevilleltaan vaudevilleltansa vaudevilleiltaan vaudevilleiltansa allative vaudevillelleen vaudevillellensa vaudevilleilleen vaudevilleillensa essive vaudevillenaan vaudevillenansa vaudevilleinaan vaudevilleinansa translative vaudevillekseen vaudevilleksensa vaudevilleikseen vaudevilleiksensa abessive vaudevillettaan vaudevillettansa vaudevilleittaan vaudevilleittansa instructive — — comitative — vaudevilleineen vaudevilleinensa

French

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly a corruption of voix de ville (“voice of the city”), or vallée de Vire (“valley of the (river) Vire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vod.vil/

• Audio (CAN)

  (file)

Noun

vaudeville m (plural vaudevilles)

1. vaudeville
   • 1858, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, L'Héritage mystérieux:

     À ses moments perdus, Fernand écrivait, avec ses camarades de bureau, un tiers ou un sixième de vaudeville .

     "In his idle moments Fernand would write a scene or two of vaudeville with his colleagues from the office."

Coordinate terms

• burlesque

Descendants

• → Armenian: վոդևիլ (vodewil)
• → Belarusian: вадэвіль (vadevilʹ)
• → Bulgarian: водевил (vodevil)
• → Catalan: vodevil
• → Danish: vaudeville
• → English: vaudeville
  • → Tagalog: bodabil
• → Georgian: ვოდევილი (vodevili)
• → German: Vaudeville
• → Greek: βοντβίλ (vontvíl)
• → Hebrew: ווֹדְווִיל (vodevil)
• → Hindi: वडेविल (vaḍevil)
• → Japanese: ヴォードヴィル (vōdoviru)
• → Korean: 보더빌 (bodeobil)
• → Latvian: vodeviļa
• → Lithuanian: vodevilis
• → Macedonian: водвиль
• → Polish: wodewil
• → Portuguese: vaudeville
• → Romanian: vodevil
• → Russian: водеви́ль (vodevílʹ)
• → Serbo-Croatian: во̀двӣљ (vòdvīlj)
• → Spanish: vodevil
• → Swedish: vådevill
• → Ottoman Turkish: وودویل (vodvil)
  • Turkish: vodvil
• → Ukrainian: водеві́ль (vodevílʹ)

Further reading

• “vaudeville”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• vådevill

Noun

vaudeville c

1. vaudeville

Declension

Declension of vaudeville
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vaudeville	vaudevillen	vaudeviller	vaudevillerna
Genitive	vaudevilles	vaudevillens	vaudevillers	vaudevillernas

References

• vaudeville in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vaudeville in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vaudeville in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)