opera

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See also: ópera, operă, and opéra

English[edit]

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Opéra Garnier in Paris

Etymology[edit]

From Italian opera.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒp.əɹ.ə/, /ˈɒp.ɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.pəɹ.ə/, /ˈɑ.pɹə/
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Noun[edit]

opera (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 Chambers, chapter 6, The Younger Set[1]:
      “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, … !”
  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).

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Terms derived from "opera"

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Terms etymologically related to "opera"

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Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

opera f

  1. opera

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. opera

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Esperanto[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. of or relating to opera

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Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈopɛrɒ/
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  • Hyphenation: ope‧ra

Noun[edit]

opera (plural operák)

  1. opera

Declension[edit]

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

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin opera.

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Noun[edit]

opera f (plural opere)

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

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Verb[edit]

opera

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

Ladin[edit]

Noun[edit]

opera f (plural operes)

  1. work

Latin[edit]

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Noun[edit]

opera

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

Noun[edit]

opera f (genitive operae); first declension

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

Inflection[edit]

First declension.

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

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Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

opera

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

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian opera, from Latin opera.

Noun[edit]

ȍpera f (Cyrillic spelling о̏пера)

  1. opera

Declension[edit]

    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

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

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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Noun[edit]

opera c

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of opera
singular plural
common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative opera operan operor operorna
genitive operas operans operors operornas

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