different between vaudeville vs burlesque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French vaudeville.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?v?d.v?l/, /?v?.d?.v?l/, /?vo?d.v?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v??.d?.v?l/

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.

Synonyms

• music hall (British)

Coordinate terms

• burlesque

Derived terms

• vaudevillian (noun/adjective)

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: bodabil

Translations

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/

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 .

Coordinate terms

• burlesque

Descendants

English

Alternative forms

• burlesk (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?(?)?l?sk/

Adjective

burlesque (comparative more burlesque, superlative most burlesque)

1. (dated) Parodical; parodic

   • It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.

Coordinate terms

• vaudevillian

Derived terms

• burlesquely

Translations

Noun

burlesque (countable and uncountable, plural burlesques)

1. A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

   Synonyms: lampoon, travesty

   • 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
2. A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

   Synonyms: imitation, caricature

   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

Coordinate terms

• vaudeville

Translations

Verb

burlesque (third-person singular simple present burlesques, present participle burlesquing, simple past and past participle burlesqued)

1. To make a burlesque parody of.
2. To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
   • 1678, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached on the Fast-Day, November 13, 1678

     They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?.l?sk/

Adjective

burlesque (plural burlesques)

1. burlesque; parodic; parodical

Noun

burlesque m (plural burlesques)

1. burlesque; parody.

Coordinate terms

• vaudeville

Descendants

• ? English: burlesque

Further reading

• “burlesque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).