Moulin Rouge

[ French moo-lan roozh ]

noun

1. a dance hall in the Montmartre section of Paris, France, opened in 1889 and famous for its cancan dancers and the drawings of its performers and customers made there by Toulouse-Lautrec.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Moulin Rouge¹

< French: literally, red mill

Example Sentences

With a memoir, a Broadway turn in ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ a planned tour and new music, Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque is back in control of her career.

From Los Angeles Times

With a memoir, a Broadway turn in ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ a planned tour and new music, Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque is back in control of her career.

From Los Angeles Times

That includes her return as Satine in the Broadway production of “Moulin Rouge!,” alongside Aaron Tveit.

From Los Angeles Times

Splashy musicals, in particular, often come from recognizable cinematic sources: There’s “Mean Girls,” “Moulin Rouge,” “Kinky Boots” and many more.

From New York Times

Sonya Tayeh, the Tony-winning choreographer of “Moulin Rouge!”

From New York Times