opera

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒp.əɹ.ə/, /ˈɒp.ɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.pəɹ.ə/, /ˈɑ.pɹə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

opera (countable and uncountable, 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 William Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), 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—!"

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).

See also

• aria
• ballet
• masque
• melodrama
• musical comedy
• recitative
• singspiel
• Appendix:Glossary of opera

Anagrams

• pareo

Noun

opera (definite accusative operanı, plural operalar)

1. opera

Verb

opera

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

Noun

opera f

1. opera

Related terms

• See opus
• operní

Further reading

• opera in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• opera in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

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

1. opera

Adjective

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

1. of or relating to opera

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopɛrɒ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ope‧ra

Noun

opera (plural operák)

1. (music) opera (a theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)
2. (music) opera, opera house (building designed for the performance of such works)

References

Etymology

From Latin opera.

Pronunciation

• Audio (IT)

  (file)

Noun

opera f (plural opere)

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

Verb

opera

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

Noun

opera f (plural operes)

1. work

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pe.ra/, [ˈɔ.pɛ.ra]

Noun

opera

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

Noun

opera f (genitive operae); first declension; Vulgar Latin

1. trouble, pains, exertion
2. 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.

References

• 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, 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
    

Noun

opera f (4 declension)

1. opera

Etymology

From Italian opera (per musica)

Noun

opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer, definite plural operaene)

1. an opera
2. an opera house (also operahus)

References

• “opera” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Italian opera (per musica)

Noun

opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer or operaar, definite plural operaene or operaane)

1. an opera
2. an opera house (also operahus)

References

• “opera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Verb

opera

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

Etymology

From Italian opera, from Latin opera.

Noun

ȍpera f (Cyrillic spelling о̏пера)

1. opera

Verb

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.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

opera c

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