Topic: THEATRE
| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Old French vaudevire type of popular song, from vau-de-Vire 'valley of Vire', town in northwest France where such songs were written |
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vau‧de‧ville
[uncountable] American English
[uncountable] American EnglishAPT a type of theatre entertainment, popular from the 1880s to the 1950s, in which there were many short performances of different kinds, including singing, dancing, jokes etc [↪ music hall]

