Cabaret Definition
kăbə-rā
noun
A restaurant or cafe with dancing, singing, skits, etc. as entertainment.
Webster's New World
This kind of entertainment.
Webster's New World
The floor show presented by such a restaurant or nightclub.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Cabaret
Noun
Singular:
cabaret
Plural:
cabaretsOrigin of Cabaret
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Borrowing from French cabaret, from Middle Dutch cambret, from Old French camberete, diminutive of cambre (“chamber”), from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamara, “vaulted chamber”).
From Wiktionary
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French tap-room from Middle Dutch cabret from Old North French camberette from Late Latin camera room chamber
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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