opera

See also: Opera, ópera, opéra, operá, òpera, and operă

English

Opéra Garnier in Paris

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

opera (countable and uncountable, plural operas or opere)

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.
   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"

4. A company dedicated to performing such works.
5. (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
6. A collection of work; plural of opus.

Derived terms

• comic opera
• grand opera
• horse opera
• oat opera
• opera bouffe
• opera buffa
• opera comique
• opera hat
• opera house
• operalike
• opera seria
• opera singer
• opera slipper
• popera
• soap opera
• space opera

 

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to "opera"

• operable
• opéra comique
• operand
• operant
• operate
• operatic
• operation
• operational
• operative
• operator
• operetta
• opus

 

Translations

theatrical work

• Afrikaans: opera
• Albanian: operë (sq) f
• Arabic: أُوبِرَا‎ f (ʾōbirā), أُوبِرَا‎ f (ʾōbirā), أُوبِرَا‎ f (ʾōpirā), أُوبِرَا‎ f (ʾōpirā), أُوپِرَا‎ f (ʾōpirā), أُوپِرَا‎ f (ʾōpirā)
• Armenian: օպերա (hy) (ōpera)
• Azerbaijani: opera (az)
• Belarusian: о́пера f (ópjera)
• Bengali: অপেরা (ôpera)
• Breton: c'hoarigan (br)
• Bulgarian: о́пера (bg) f (ópera)
• Burmese: အော်ပရာ (my) (aupa.ra)
• Buryat: дуури (duuri)
• Catalan: òpera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (Western opera) 歌劇 (zh), 歌剧 (zh) (gējù), (Chinese opera) 戲曲 (zh), 戏曲 (zh) (xìqǔ)

• Cornish: gwari kan m
• Czech: opera (cs) f
• Danish: opera (da)
• Dutch: opera (nl) m
• Esperanto: opero
• Estonian: ooper
• Finnish: ooppera (fi)
• French: opéra (fr) m
• Galician: ópera (gl) f
• Georgian: ოპერა (oṗera)
• German: Oper (de) f
• Greek: όπερα (el) f (ópera)
• Hebrew: אוֹפֵּרָה‎ (he) f (opera)
• Hindi: ओपेरा (operā)
• Hungarian: opera (hu)
• Icelandic: ópera f
• Indonesian: opera (id)
• Irish: ceoldráma m
• Italian: opera lirica f
• Japanese: 歌劇 (ja) (かげき, kageki), オペラ (ja) (opera)
• Kazakh: опера (kk) (opera)

• Khmer: សង្គីតនាដន៍ (sɑŋkiita’niet), ល្ខោនអូប៉េរ៉ា (lkʰaon oopeeraa)
• Korean: 오페라 (ko) (opera)
• Kyrgyz: опера (opera)
• Lao: ໂອເປຣາ (lo) (’ō pē rā)
• Latvian: opera (lv) f
• Lithuanian: opera f
• Macedonian: о́пера f (ópera)
• Malay: opera (ms)
• Maori: puoro whakaari
• Mongolian: дуурь (mn) (duurʹ)
• Norwegian: opera (no)
• Persian: اپرا‎ (fa) (operâ)
• Polish: opera (pl) f
• Portuguese: ópera (pt) f
• Romanian: operă (ro) f
• Russian: о́пера (ru) f (ópera)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏пера f

  Roman: ȍpera (sh) f

• Slovak: opera (sk) f
• Slovene: opera (sl) f
• Spanish: ópera (es) f
• Swedish: opera (sv)
• Tagalog: opera
• Tajik: опера (opera)
• Thai: อุปรากร (ù-bpà-raa-gɔɔn), โอเปร่า (oo-bpee-râa), ละครร้อง (lá-kɔɔn-rɔ́ɔng)
• Turkish: opera (tr)
• Turkmen: opera
• Ukrainian: о́пера f (ópera)
• Urdu: اوپیرا‎ (operā)
• Uzbek: opera (uz)
• Vietnamese: ca kịch (vi), nhạc kịch (vi)
• Volapük: lop (vo)
• Welsh: opera m
• Yiddish: אָפּערע‎ (opere)

score

• Armenian: օպերա (hy) (ōpera)
• Esperanto: opero
• Finnish: ooppera (fi)
• Galician: ópera (gl) f
• German: Oper (de) f
• Greek: όπερα (el) f (ópera)
• Polish: opera (pl) f

• Portuguese: ópera (pt) f
• Russian: о́пера (ru) f (ópera)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏пера f

  Roman: ȍpera (sh) f

• Slovene: opera (sl) f

building

• Armenian: օպերա (hy) (ōpera)
• Breton: c'hoarigandi (br) m
• Burmese: ဇာတ်ရုံ (my) (jatrum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歌劇院 (zh), 歌剧院 (zh) (gējùyuàn)

• Esperanto: operejo, opera domo
• Finnish: oopperatalo (fi)
• German: Oper (de) f, Opernhaus (de) n
• Greek: όπερα (el) f (ópera)
• Italian: teatro d'opera m

• Latvian: opera (lv) f, operteātris m
• Polish: opera (pl) f
• Portuguese: ópera (pt) f
• Russian: о́пера (ru) f (ópera)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏пера f

  Roman: ȍpera (sh) f

• Slovene: opera (sl) f
• Swedish: opera (sv) c, operahus (sv) n

company

• German: Oper (de) f
• Greek: όπερα (el) f (ópera)
• Japanese: 歌劇団 (かげきだん, kagekidan)
• Portuguese: ópera (pt) f
• Russian: о́пера (ru) f (ópera)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏пера f

  Roman: ȍpera (sh) 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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Azerbaijani

Noun

opera (definite accusative operanı, plural operalar)

1. opera

Declension

Declension of opera

	singular	plural
nominative	opera	operalar
definite accusative	operanı	operaları
dative	operaya	operalara
locative	operada	operalarda
ablative	operadan	operalardan
definite genitive	operanın	operaların

Possessive forms of opera

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	operam	operalarım
sənin (“your”)	operan	operaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	operası	operaları
bizim (“our”)	operamız	operalarımız
sizin (“your”)	operanız	operalarınız
onların (“their”)	operası or operaları	operaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	operamı	operalarımı
sənin (“your”)	operanı	operalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	operasını	operalarını
bizim (“our”)	operamızı	operalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	operanızı	operalarınızı
onların (“their”)	operasını or operalarını	operalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	operama	operalarıma
sənin (“your”)	operana	operalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	operasına	operalarına
bizim (“our”)	operamıza	operalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	operanıza	operalarınıza
onların (“their”)	operasına or operalarına	operalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	operamda	operalarımda
sənin (“your”)	operanda	operalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	operasında	operalarında
bizim (“our”)	operamızda	operalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	operanızda	operalarınızda
onların (“their”)	operasında or operalarında	operalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	operamdan	operalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	operandan	operalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	operasından	operalarından
bizim (“our”)	operamızdan	operalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	operanızdan	operalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	operasından or operalarından	operalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	operamın	operalarımın
sənin (“your”)	operanın	operalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	operasının	operalarının
bizim (“our”)	operamızın	operalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	operanızın	operalarınızın
onların (“their”)	operasının or operalarının	operalarının

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Catalan

Verb

opera

1. third-person singular present indicative form of operar
2. second-person singular imperative form of operar

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Czech

Noun

opera f

1. opera

Related terms

• See opus
• operní

Further reading

• opera in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• opera in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

opera f (plural opera's, diminutive operaatje n)

1. opera

Derived terms

• operacomponist

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Esperanto

Etymology

From opero (“opera”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpera/
• Rhymes: -era

Adjective

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

1. of or relating to opera

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopɛrɒ]

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• Hyphenation: ope‧ra

Noun

opera (plural operák)

1. (music) opera (a theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)
2. (music) opera, opera house (building designed for the performance of such works)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	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

Possessive forms of opera
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
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

Synonyms

• (opera): dalmű, zenedráma
• (opera house): operaház, dalszínház

Derived terms

Compound words

• operabemutató
• operaénekes
• operaház

 

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin opera.

Pronunciation

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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 of operare
2. second-person singular imperative of operare

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Noun

opera f (plural operes)

1. work

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pe.ra/, [ˈɔ.pɛ.ra]

Noun

opera

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

Noun

opera f (genitive operae); first declension; Vulgar Latin

1. trouble, pains, exertion
2. work, labour
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.9:

     Sex diebus operaberis, et facies omnia opera tua.

     Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	opera	operae
Genitive	operae	operārum
Dative	operae	operīs
Accusative	operam	operās
Ablative	operā	operīs
Vocative	opera	operae

Related terms

• operor
• opus

Descendants

• Catalan: obra
• Franco-Provençal: ovra
• Friulian: opare
• Galician: obra
• Italian: opera
  • Catalan: òpera
  • Dutch: opera
  • English: opera
  • French: opéra
  • Galician: ópera
  • Portuguese: ópera
  • Romanian: operă
  • Russian: о́пера (ópera)
  • Spanish: ópera

• Old French: uevre
  • English: ure
  • French: œuvre
• Old Irish: opar
  • Irish: obair
  • Manx: obbyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: obair
• Portuguese: obra
• Rhonese: övra
• Romansch: ovra
• Sardinian: òbera, òpera
• Sicilian: òpira
• Spanish: huebra, obra
• Venetian: òpera, òpra, òpara
• Walloon: ouve

References

• opera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• opera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take care of one's health: valetudini consulere, operam dare
    
  • to take great pains in order to..: studiose (diligenter, enixe, sedulo, maxime) dare operam, ut...
    
  • to expend great labour on a thing: egregiam operam (multum, plus etc. operae) dare alicui rei
    
  • to expend great labour on a thing: operam alicui rei tribuere, in aliquid conferre
    
  • to expend great labour on a thing: operam (laborem, curam) in or ad aliquid impendere
    
  • to exert oneself very energetically in a matter: multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re
    
  • to spare no pains: labori, operae non parcere
    
  • to lose one's labour: operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere
    
  • it is worth while: operae pretium est (c. Inf.)
    
  • to become a pupil, disciple of some one: operam dare or simply se dare alicui, se tradere in disciplinam alicuius, se conferre, se applicare ad aliquem
    
  • let the consuls take measures for the protection of the state: videant or dent operam consules, ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat (Catil. 1. 2. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) designedly; intentionally: de industria, dedita opera (opp. imprudens)
    
  • (ambiguous) to let out public works to contract: locare opera publica
    
  • (ambiguous) to raise siege-works: opera facere
    

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Latvian

Noun

opera f (4 declension)

1. opera

Declension

Declension of opera (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	opera	operas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	operu	operas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	operas	operu
dative (datīvs)	operai	operām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	operu	operām
locative (lokatīvs)	operā	operās
vocative (vokatīvs)	opera	operas

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian opera (per musica)

Noun

opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer, definite plural operaene)

1. an opera
2. an opera house (also operahus)

Derived terms

• operahus
• operasanger, operasangerinne
• såpeopera

References

• “opera” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian opera (per musica)

Noun

opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer or operaar, definite plural operaene or operaane)

1. an opera
2. an opera house (also operahus)

Derived terms

• operahus
• såpeopera

References

• “opera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From Italian opera, from Latin opera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈpɛ.ra/

Noun

opera f

1. (music) opera (theatrical work)
2. opera house (building)

Declension

declension of opera

	singular	plural
nominative	opera	opery
genitive	opery	oper
dative	operze	operom
accusative	operę	opery
instrumental	operą	operami
locative	operze	operach
vocative	opero	opery

Related terms

• operetka
• operetkowy

Derived terms

• operowy
• operowo

Further reading

• opera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Verb

opera

1. third-person singular present indicative of operar
2. second-person singular imperative of operar

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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

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

Pronunciation

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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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	opera	operan	operor	operorna
Genitive	operas	operans	operors	operornas

Related terms

• operaföreställning
• operahus
• operett

See also

• libretto
• musikal