opera
English
Pronunciation
Noun
opera (countable and uncountable, 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 William Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, 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—!"
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- A company dedicated to performing such works.
- (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
- A collection of work; plural of opus.
Derived terms
- comic opera
- grand opera
- horse opera
- oat opera
- opera bouffe
- opera buffa
- opera comique
- opera hat
- opera house
- operalike
- opera seria
- opera singer
- opera slipper
- popera
- soap opera
- space opera
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to "opera"
Translations
theatrical work
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score
building
See also
Azerbaijani
Declension
Declension of opera
singular | plural | |
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nominative | opera | operalar |
definite accusative | operanı | operaları |
dative | operaya | operalara |
locative | operada | operalarda |
ablative | operadan | operalardan |
definite genitive | operanın | operaların |
Possessive forms of opera
nominative | ||
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singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | operam | operalarım |
sənin (“your”) | operan | operaların |
onun (“his/her/its”) | operası | operaları |
bizim (“our”) | operamız | operalarımız |
sizin (“your”) | operanız | operalarınız |
onların (“their”) | operası or operaları | operaları |
accusative | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | operamı | operalarımı |
sənin (“your”) | operanı | operalarını |
onun (“his/her/its”) | operasını | operalarını |
bizim (“our”) | operamızı | operalarımızı |
sizin (“your”) | operanızı | operalarınızı |
onların (“their”) | operasını or operalarını | operalarını |
dative | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | operama | operalarıma |
sənin (“your”) | operana | operalarına |
onun (“his/her/its”) | operasına | operalarına |
bizim (“our”) | operamıza | operalarımıza |
sizin (“your”) | operanıza | operalarınıza |
onların (“their”) | operasına or operalarına | operalarına |
locative | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | operamda | operalarımda |
sənin (“your”) | operanda | operalarında |
onun (“his/her/its”) | operasında | operalarında |
bizim (“our”) | operamızda | operalarımızda |
sizin (“your”) | operanızda | operalarınızda |
onların (“their”) | operasında or operalarında | operalarında |
ablative | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | operamdan | operalarımdan |
sənin (“your”) | operandan | operalarından |
onun (“his/her/its”) | operasından | operalarından |
bizim (“our”) | operamızdan | operalarımızdan |
sizin (“your”) | operanızdan | operalarınızdan |
onların (“their”) | operasından or operalarından | operalarından |
genitive | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | operamın | operalarımın |
sənin (“your”) | operanın | operalarının |
onun (“his/her/its”) | operasının | operalarının |
bizim (“our”) | operamızın | operalarımızın |
sizin (“your”) | operanızın | operalarınızın |
onların (“their”) | operasının or operalarının | operalarının |
Catalan
Czech
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoː.pəˌraː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ope‧ra
Derived terms
- operacomponist
- rockopera
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈpera/
- Rhymes: -era
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈopɛrɒ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ope‧ra
Noun
opera (plural operák)
- (music) opera (a theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)
- (music) opera, opera house (building designed for the performance of such works)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | operám | operáim |
2nd person sing. | operád | operáid |
3rd person sing. | operája | operái |
1st person plural | operánk | operáink |
2nd person plural | operátok | operáitok |
3rd person plural | operájuk | operáik |
Synonyms
- (opera): dalmű, zenedráma
- (opera house): operaház, dalszínház
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Italian
Pronunciation
Audio (IT) (file)
Noun
opera f (plural opere)
Synonyms
- (1) lavoro
- (2) mezzo, aiuto, servigi
- (4) melodramma
- (5) istituzione, istituto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pe.ra/, [ˈɔ.pɛ.ra]
Noun
opera f (genitive operae); first declension (Vulgar Latin)
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | opera | operae |
Genitive | operae | operārum |
Dative | operae | operīs |
Accusative | operam | operās |
Ablative | operā | operīs |
Vocative | opera | operae |
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
- to take care of one's health: valetudini consulere, operam dare
Latvian
Declension
Declension of opera (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | opera | operas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | operu | operas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | operas | operu |
dative (datīvs) | operai | operām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | operu | operām |
locative (lokatīvs) | operā | operās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | opera | operas |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer, definite plural operaene)
- an opera
- an opera house (also operahus)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔˈpɛ.ra/
Declension
Related terms
- operetka
- operetkowy
Derived terms
- operowy
- operowo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.ˈpɛ.ɾa/
- Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra
- Rhymes: -ɛra
Serbo-Croatian
Spanish
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
opera c
- an opera; a musical theatre play
- an opera house; an institution or building where opera is performed
Declension
Declension of opera | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | opera | operan | operor | operorna |
Genitive | operas | operans | operors | operornas |
Related terms
- operaföreställning
- operahus
- operett
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