opera
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera (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. Chambers, chapter VI, The Younger Set:
- “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—!"
- 1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter VI, The Younger Set:
- A company dedicated to performing such works.
- (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
- A collection of work (plural of opus).
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from "opera"
Related terms[edit]
Terms etymologically related to "opera"
Translations[edit]
theatrical work
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score
building
company
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Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera f
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
opera m (plural opera's, diminutive operaatje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Adjective[edit]
opera (accusative singular operan, plural operaj, accusative plural operajn)
- of or relating to opera
Related terms[edit]
- opero (“opera”)
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera (plural operák)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of opera (plural in -k, 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
Derived terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (IT) (file)
Noun[edit]
opera f (plural opere)
Synonyms[edit]
- (1) lavoro
- (2) mezzo, aiuto, servigi
- (4) melodramma
- (5) istituzione, istituto
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Verb[edit]
opera
- third-person singular present of operare
- second-person singular imperative of operare
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
- trouble, pains, exertion
- work, labour
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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.
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Inflection[edit]
| 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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Descendants[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
opera f (4 declension)
Declension[edit]
Declension of opera (4th declension)
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
opera
- third-person singular present indicative of operar
- second-person singular imperative of operar
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian opera, from Latin opera.
Noun[edit]
ȍpera f (Cyrillic spelling о̏пера)
- 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
- 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]
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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
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
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- cs:Drama
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- eo:Music genres
- eo:Opera
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- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Music
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