English▸ noun [mass noun] entertainment held in a nightclub or restaurant while the audience eat or drink at tables:
we do a lot of cabaret
she was seen recently in cabaret
[as modifier] a cabaret act
[count noun] the cabaret drew to a close.
▪ [count noun] a nightclub or restaurant where cabaret is performed:
the dance halls and cabarets of Montmartre.
– ORIGIN mid 17th century (denoting a French inn): from Old French, literally ‘wooden structure’, via Middle Dutch from Old Picard camberet ‘little room’. Current senses date from the early 20th century.