opera

See also ópera, operă, and opéra

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Italian opera.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɒp.əɹ.ə/, /ˈɒp.ɹə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑ.pəɹ.ə/, /ˈɑ.pɹə/

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Noun

opera (plural operas)

1. (music) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
2. (music) The score for such a work.
3. A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
4. A company dedicated to performing such works.
5. (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
6. A collection of work (plural of opus).

Derived terms

Terms derived from "opera"

comic opera grand opera horse opera oat opera opera bouffe

opera comique opera buffa opera hat opera house

opera seria opera singer opera slipper soap opera space opera

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to "opera"

operatic operetta opéra comique operable

operand operant operate operation

operational operative operator opus

Translations

theatrical work

Arabic: أ وبرا (ar) ('ubira) f. Armenian: օպերա (hy) (òpera) Bosnian: opera (bs) f. Breton: c'hoarigan (br) Bulgarian: опера (bg) (opera) f. Chinese: Mandarin: (Western opera) 歌劇 (cmn), 歌剧 (cmn) (gējù), (Chinese opera) 戲曲 (cmn), 戏曲 (cmn) (xìqǔ) Croatian: opera (hr) f. Czech: opera (cs) f. Danish: opera (da) Dutch: opera (nl) m. Esperanto: opero (eo) Estonian: ooper (et) Finnish: ooppera (fi) French: opéra (fr) m. Galician: ópera (gl) f.

German: Oper (de) f. Hungarian: opera (hu) Irish: ceoldráma (ga) m. Japanese: 歌劇 (ja) (かげき, kageki), オペラ (ja) (opera) Korean: 오페라 (ko) (opera) Norwegian: opera (no) Polish: opera (pl) f. Romanian: operă f. Russian: опера (ru) (ópera) f. Serbian: опера (sr) (opera) f. Slovak: opera (sk) f. Slovene: opera (sl) f. Spanish: ópera (es) f. Swedish: opera (sv) Ukrainian: опера (uk) (ópera) f., опера (uk) (ópera) f. Volapük: lop (vo)

score

Armenian: օպերա (hy) (òpera) Bosnian: opera (bs) f. Croatian: opera (hr) f. Esperanto: opero (eo) Finnish: ooppera (fi) Galician: ópera (gl) f.

German: Oper (de) f. Polish: opera (pl) f. Russian: опера (ru) (ópera) f. Serbian: опера (sr) (opera) f. Slovene: opera (sl) f.

building

Armenian: օպերա (hy) (òpera) Bosnian: opera (bs) f. Breton: c'hoarigandi (br) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 歌劇院 (cmn), 歌剧院 (cmn) (gējùyuàn) Croatian: opera (hr) f. Esperanto: operejo (eo), opera domo (eo)

Finnish: oopperatalo (fi) German: Oper (de) f. Polish: opera (pl) f. Russian: опера (ru) (ópera) f. Serbian: опера (sr) (opera) f. Slovene: opera (sl) f. Swedish: opera (sv) c., operahus (sv) n.

company

Bosnian: opera (bs) f. Croatian: opera (hr) f. German: Oper (de) f.

Japanese: 歌劇団 (かげきだん, kagekidan) Serbian: опера (sr) (opera) f. Slovene: opera (sl) f.

See also

• aria
• ballet
• masque
• melodrama
• musical comedy
• recitative
• singspiel
• Appendix:Glossary of opera

Anagrams

• pareo

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Czech

Noun

opera f.

1. opera

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Dutch

Noun

opera m. (plural opera's, diminutive operaatje)

1. opera

Derived terms

• operacomponist

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Esperanto

Adjective

opera (plural operaj, accusative singular operan, accusative plural operajn)

1. of or relating to opera

Related terms

• opero (“opera”)

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈopɛrɒ/

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• Hyphenation: ope‧ra

Noun

opera (plural operák)

1. opera

Declension

declension of opera singular plural nominative opera operák accusative operát operákat dative operának operáknak instrumental operával operákkal causal-final operáért operákért translative operává operákká terminative operáig operákig essive-formal operaként operákként essive-modal - - inessive operában operákban superessive operán operákon adessive operánál operáknál illative operába operákba sublative operára operákra allative operához operákhoz elative operából operákból delative operáról operákról ablative operától operáktól

possessives of opera possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. operám operáim 2nd person sing. operád operáid 3rd person sing. operája operái 1st person plural operánk operáink 2nd person plural operátok operáitok 3rd person plural operájuk operáik

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin opera.

Noun

opera f. (plural opere)

1. work
2. means, help, services
3. (music) opus
4. (music) opera
5. institution, institute, society

Synonyms

• (1) lavoro
• (2) mezzo, aiuto, servigi
• (4) melodramma
• (5) istituzione, istituto

Related terms

• manodopera
• operaio
• operare
• operetta
• operista
• operoso

Verb

opera

1. third-person singular present tense of operare
2. second-person singular imperative of operare

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Latin

Noun

opera

1. nominative plural of opus
2. accusative plural of opus

Noun

opera (genitive operae); f, first declension

1. trouble, pains, exertion
2. work, labour

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	opera	operae
genitive	operae	operārum
dative	operae	operīs
accusative	operam	operās
ablative	operā	operīs
vocative	opera	operae

Related terms

• operor

Descendants

Catalan: obra English: opera French: œuvre, from Old French: uevre Galician: obra Italian: opera Old Irish: opar Irish: obair Manx: obbyr Scottish Gaelic: obair

Portuguese: obra Romanian: operă Romansch: ovra Spanish: huebra, obra

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian opera, from Latin opera.

Noun

ȍpera f. (Cyrillic spelling о̏пера)

1. opera

Declension

    declension of opera

	singular	plural
nominative	opera	opere
genitive	opere	opera
dative	operi	operama
accusative	operu	opere
vocative	opero	opere
locative	operi	operama
instrumental	operom	operama

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Spanish

Verb

opera (infinitive operar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of operar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of operar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of operar.

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Swedish

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Noun

opera c.

1. an opera; a musical theatre play
2. an opera house; an institution or building where opera is performed

Declension

Declension of opera

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	opera	operan	operor	operorna
genitive	operas	operans	operors	operornas

Related terms

• operaföreställning
• operahus
• operett

See also

• libretto
• musikal