vaudeville
Portuguese, noun/vo.d͡ʒiˈvi.li/
vaudeville is spelled V-A-U-D-E-V-I-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaudeville is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vaudeville” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça teatral francesa, geralmente acompanhada por música, do séc. XVIII”.
What does vaudeville mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevaudeville
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça teatral francesa, geralmente acompanhada por música, do séc. XVIII 2. comédia ligeira cujo enredo apresenta roteiro com intrigas e confusões 3. espetáculo de variedades com números musicais 4. espetáculo composto de miscelânea de números sem relação entre si, como números cômicos, dança, mímica, etc
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vaudeville
- vaudevilles plural
- vaudevile alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaudeville?
- Brazil /vo.d͡ʒiˈvi.li/
- Portugal /vo.diˈvi.lɨ/
- Portugal [vo.ðiˈvi.lɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vaudeville
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vaudeville in Portuguese?
vaudeville appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).