noun
cabaret
kab-uh-RAY/ˌkæbəˈreɪ/
Live musical or comic entertainment in a nightclub.
A singer performs cabaret on a small stage beside crowded tables.
Etymology
French cabaret named a tavern and later a restaurant or nightclub. The name then shifted from the venue to the entertainment performed there; the French word's deeper origin is uncertain.
In context
… and saw a bunch of cabaret going on I thought that was burlesque …
More examples
- The evening's cabaret mixed sharp jokes with familiar songs.
- They booked a table at a downtown cabaret.
- Her cabaret act relied on intimate conversation with the audience.
Forms
cabaret · cabarets
Similar words
- concert
- A musical performance that need not have a nightclub setting or comic material.