/ ˈvɔːdəvɪl; NAmE / noun [ U ]
1.
( NAmE ) = variety
2.
= music hall (1)
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 18th cent.: from French , earlier vau de ville (or vire ), said to be a name given originally to songs composed by Olivier Basselin, a 15th-cent. fuller born in Vau de Vire in Normandy.