cabaret

See also: Cabaret

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabaret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kæbəˈreɪ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ba‧ret

Noun

cabaret (countable and uncountable, plural cabarets)

  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.
  2. The nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is held.
  3. (Philippines) A strip club.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • cabaret in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • cabaret in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • cabaret at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabaret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaː.baːˈrɛt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ba‧ret

Noun

cabaret n (plural cabarets)

  1. cabaret, type of live entertainment
  2. comedy, live performance of jokes and satire

Derived terms


French

Etymology

From Middle French cabaret, from Middle Dutch cambret, from Old Northern French camberete and Old Picard camberet (little room), diminutive of cambre (chamber) (modern chambre), all from Latin camera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ba.ʁɛ/
  • (file)

Noun

cabaret m (plural cabarets)

  1. pub, tavern
  2. cabaret (restaurant or nightclub with live entertainment)
  3. (Quebec, Louisiana) tray (object on which things are carried)
    Synonym: plateau

Descendants

  • Dutch: cabaret
  • English: cabaret
  • German: Kabarett (see there for further descendants)
  • Italian: cabaret
  • Portuguese: cabaré
  • Spanish: cabaré

Further reading


Italian

Alternative forms

  • cabarè (only in the regional meaning of “tray”)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French cabaret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.baˈrɛ/**, /ka.baˈre/**[1]
  • Rhymes: , -e
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ba‧ret

Noun

cabaret m (invariable)

  1. cabaret (nightclub)
  2. (uncountable) cabaret (live entertainment)
  3. (regional) tray, platter
    Synonym: vassoio

Derived terms

References

  1. cabaret in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • cabaret in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams


Portuguese

Noun

cabaret m (plural cabarets)

  1. Alternative spelling of cabaré

Romanian

Etymology

From French cabaret.

Noun

cabaret n (plural cabarete)

  1. cabaret

Declension


Spanish

Noun

cabaret m (plural cabarets)

  1. Alternative form of cabaré

Further reading

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