opera
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera (countable and uncountable, plural operas or opere)
- (music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
- (music) The score for such a work.
- 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—!"
- A company dedicated to performing such works.
- (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
- A collection of work; plural of opus.
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Azerbaijani[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera (definite accusative operanı, plural operalar)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | opera | operalar |
definite accusative | operanı | operaları |
dative | operaya | operalara |
locative | operada | operalarda |
ablative | operadan | operalardan |
definite genitive | operanın | operaların |
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
opera
- third-person singular present indicative form of operar
- second-person singular imperative form of operar
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera f
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- opera in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- opera in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
opera f (plural opera's, diminutive operaatje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
opera (accusative singular operan, plural operaj, accusative plural operajn)
- of or relating to opera
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera (plural operák)
- (music) opera (a theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)
- (music) opera, opera house (building designed for the performance of such works)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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[edit]
- (opera): dalmű, zenedráma
- (opera house): operaház, dalszínház
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, →ISBN
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (IT) (file)
Noun[edit]
opera f (plural opere)
Synonyms[edit]
- (1) lavoro
- (2) mezzo, aiuto, servigi
- (4) melodramma
- (5) istituzione, istituto
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
opera
Ladin[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera f (plural operes)
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera
- nominative plural of opus
- accusative plural of opus
Noun[edit]
opera f (genitive operae); first declension; Vulgar Latin
- trouble, pains, exertion
- 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.
- Sex diebus operaberis, et facies omnia opera tua.
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | opera | operae |
Genitive | operae | operārum |
Dative | operae | operīs |
Accusative | operam | operās |
Ablative | operā | operīs |
Vocative | opera | operae |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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[1], 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
- to take care of one's health: valetudini consulere, operam dare
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera f (4 declension)
Declension[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian opera (per musica)
Noun[edit]
opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer, definite plural operaene)
- an opera
- an opera house (also operahus)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “opera” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian opera (per musica)
Noun[edit]
opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer or operaar, definite plural operaene or operaane)
- an opera
- an opera house (also operahus)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “opera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian opera, from Latin opera.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera f
- (music) opera (theatrical work)
- opera house (building)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- opera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
opera
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian opera, from Latin opera.
Noun[edit]
ȍpera f (Cyrillic spelling о̏пера)
Declension[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
opera
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of operar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of operar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of operar.
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
opera c
- an opera; a musical theatre play
- an opera house; an institution or building where opera is performed
Declension[edit]
Declension of opera | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | opera | operan | operor | operorna |
Genitive | operas | operans | operors | operornas |
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- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
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- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Music
- English terms with quotations
- en:Musical genres
- en:Opera
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Drama
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Esperanto words suffixed with -a
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto adjectives
- eo:Musical genres
- eo:Opera
- Hungarian terms borrowed from Italian
- Hungarian terms derived from Italian
- Hungarian terms derived from Latin
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Music
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms with audio links
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- it:Music
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Ladin lemmas
- Ladin nouns
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin terms with quotations
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian fourth declension nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- nb:Music
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- nn:Music
- Polish terms borrowed from Italian
- Polish terms derived from Italian
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Opera
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Italian
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Latin
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Music
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns