different between vaudeville vs minstrelry

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

Etymology

minstrel +? -ry.

Noun

minstrelry (plural minstrelries)

1. The art of minstrels.
2. A simplified depiction of another culture, especially black African, for entertainment purposes, generally seen as offensive.

Synonyms

• (art of minstrels): minstrelsy