Cabaret burlesque, drag shows, or a solo vocalist with a pianist, as well as the venues which offer this entertainment, are often advertised as cabarets. The first known use of the word "cabaret" was in 1655. It is may be derived from the Middle Dutch "cambret", itself probably derived from an earlier form of "chambrette", little room, or from the Norman French "chamber" meaning tavern, itself derived from the Late Latin word "camera" meaning an arched roof. The word "cabaret" came to mean "a restaurant or night club" by 1912. The word "cabaret" was originally Flemish (and possibly Picard before that).
French name of the name, being associated with claims to a place, but this is not always the case. The name de Gaulle, for example, is not a traditional French name with a "particule", but a Flemish Dutch name that evolved from a form of "De Walle" meaning "the wall". A popular misconception is that the "particule" "De-" included in the name always indicates membership of the nobility, that is to say, an original separated "de" that was linked to the name during the French revolution as "De-". That is sometimes true. Almost all nobility titles are of the form [title] <nowiki>[</nowiki>particle