Folies Bergère

[ French faw-lee ber-zher ]

noun

1. a Parisian music hall founded in 1869 and noted for the lavish spectacle and mildly risqué content of its entertainments.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Folies Bergère¹

< French: the Bergère Follies, after rue Bergère, a street near which it was originally located

Example Sentences

At one end of the square, an enterprising Frenchman built a frame building which he called "Folies Bergere."

From Project Gutenberg

At last I decided to go to the Folies-Bergere, that entertaining resort for gay women.

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