operetta

English

Etymology

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Italian operettabor.

English operetta

Borrowed from Italian operetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒpəˈɹɛtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

operetta (plural operettas)

1. (music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• operetta house
• operettic
• operettist
• poperetta

Translations

lighter version of opera

• Arabic: أوبريت m (ʔōberēt)
• Belarusian: аперэ́та f (apjeréta)
• Bulgarian: опере́та f (operéta)
• Catalan: opereta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕歌劇 / 轻歌剧 (qīnggējù), 滑稽歌劇 / 滑稽歌剧 (huájīgējù)

• Czech: opereta f
• Dutch: operette (nl) f
• Finnish: operetti (fi)
• French: opérette (fr) f
• Galician: opereta f
• German: Operette (de) f
• Greek: οπερέτα (el) f (operéta)
• Ido: opereto (io)
• Italian: operetta (it) f
• Japanese: 喜歌劇 (ja) (きかげき, kikageki), 軽歌劇 (ja) (けいかげき, keikageki), オペレッタ (ja) (operetta)
• Korean: 오페레타 (ko) (opereta), 희가극(喜歌劇) (ko) (huigageuk), 경가극(輕歌劇) (gyeonggageuk)
• Mongolian: хошин дуурь (xošin duurʹ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: operette m

  Nynorsk: operette m

• Persian: اپرت (fa) (operet)
• Piedmontese: operëtta f
• Polish: operetka (pl) f
• Portuguese: opereta (pt) f
• Russian: опере́тта (ru) f (operétta)
• Slovene: opereta (sl) f
• Spanish: opereta (es) f
• Swedish: operett (sv) c
• Turkish: operet (tr)
• Ukrainian: опере́та f (operéta)
• Yiddish: אָפּערעטע f (operete)

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Operetta”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 146, column 3.

Italian

Etymology

From opera +‎ -etta, literally “little opera”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.peˈret.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: o‧pe‧rét‧ta

Noun

operetta f (plural operette)

1. operetta

   da operetta ― comedy (relational); frivolous

Derived terms

• operettista
• operettistico

Descendants

• → English: operetta