cabaret
noun/ˈkæbəreɪ/
/ˌkæbəˈreɪ/
- [countable, uncountable] entertainment with singing and dancing that is performed in restaurants or clubs in the evenings
- a cabaret act/singer/band
- He made his name on the cabaret circuit.
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- [countable] a restaurant or club where cabaret entertainment is performed
- the theatres, restaurants and cabarets of London’s West End
Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a French inn): from Old French, literally ‘wooden structure’, via Middle Dutch from Old Picard (a dialect of French spoken in Picardy) camberet ‘little room’. Current senses date from the early 20th cent.
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