obertura

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan dobertura, obertura), from Vulgar Latin *obertūra (compare French ouverture), from Latin apertūra (compare Spanish abertura). Equivalent to obert +‎ -ura. Doublet of the borrowed variant apertura. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development or borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.bəɾˈtu.ɾə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /u.bərˈtu.ɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.beɾˈtu.ɾa/

Noun

obertura f (plural obertures)

  1. opening
  2. (music) overture
  3. (optics) aperture

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouverture. Doublet of abertura and apertura.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oberˈtuɾa/, [oβerˈt̪uɾa]

Noun

obertura f (plural oberturas)

  1. (music) opening, overture
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