different between villanelle vs vaudeville

English

Etymology

From the French villanelle, from Italian villanella, from villano (“peasant”), from Latin villanus (“farmhand”), from villa (“estate”). The origin references the pastoral themes originally associated with this form.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

villanelle (plural villanelles)

1. (poetry) A type of poem, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes.

Derived terms

• villanellist

French

Noun

villanelle f (plural villanelles)

1. villanelle

Italian

Noun

villanelle f (plural villanelli)

1. villanelle

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