opereta

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish opereta (“operetta”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opeɾeta/ [o.pe.ɾe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta, -a
• Hyphenation: o‧pe‧re‧ta

Noun

opereta inan

1. (music) operetta

Declension

Declension of opereta (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	opereta	opereta	operetak	operetok
ergative	operetak	operetak	operetek	operetok
dative	operetari	operetari	operetei	operetoi
genitive	operetaren	operetaren	opereten	opereton
comitative	operetarekin	operetarekin	operetekin	operetokin
causative	operetarengatik	operetarengatik	operetengatik	operetongatik
benefactive	operetarentzat	operetarentzat	operetentzat	operetontzat
instrumental	operetaz	operetaz	operetez	operetotaz
inessive	operetatan	operetan	operetetan	operetotan
locative	operetatako	operetako	operetetako	operetotako
allative	operetatara	operetara	operetetara	operetotara
terminative	operetataraino	operetaraino	operetetaraino	operetotaraino
directive	operetatarantz	operetarantz	operetetarantz	operetotarantz
destinative	operetatarako	operetarako	operetetarako	operetotarako
ablative	operetatatik	operetatik	operetetatik	operetotatik
partitive	operetarik	—	—	—
prolative	operetatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “opereta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Catalan

Noun

opereta f (plural operetes)

1. (music) operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)

Further reading

• “opereta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “opereta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “opereta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “opereta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopɛrɛta]

Noun

opereta f

1. operetta

Declension

Declension of opereta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	opereta	operety
genitive	operety	operet
dative	operetě	operetám
accusative	operetu	operety
vocative	opereto	operety
locative	operetě	operetách
instrumental	operetou	operetami

Related terms

• See opus

• opera

Galician

Noun

opereta f (plural operetas)

1. (music) operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)

Further reading

• “opereta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.peˈɾe.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.pɨˈɾe.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: o‧pe‧re‧ta

Noun

opereta f (plural operetas)

1. (music) operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)

Related terms

• ópera

Further reading

• “opereta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “opereta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /operěta/
• Hyphenation: o‧pe‧re‧ta

Noun

operèta f (Cyrillic spelling оперѐта)

1. operetta

Declension

Declension of opereta

	singular	plural
nominative	opereta	operete
genitive	operete	opereta
dative	opereti	operetama
accusative	operetu	operete
vocative	opereto	operete
locative	opereti	operetama
instrumental	operetom	operetama

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔpɛréːta/

Noun

operẹ̑ta f

1. operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	operéta
gen. sing.	operéte
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	operéta	operéti	operéte
genitive (rodȋlnik)	operéte	operét	operét
dative (dajȃlnik)	operéti	operétama	operétam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	operéto	operéti	operéte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	operéti	operétah	operétah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	operéto	operétama	operétami

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian operetta, diminutive of opera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opeˈɾeta/ [o.peˈɾe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: o‧pe‧re‧ta

Noun

opereta f (plural operetas)

1. (music) operetta

Related terms

• ópera

Further reading

• “opereta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English operator.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

opereta class V (plural maopereta class VI)

1. operator

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish opereta, from Italian operetta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔopeˈɾeta/ [ʔo.pɛˈɾɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: o‧pe‧re‧ta

Noun

opereta (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜇᜒᜆ) (music)

1. operetta

Related terms

• opera
• operasyon

Further reading

• “opereta”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 428

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English operator.

Noun

opereta

1. operator