See also: Opera ,
operă ,
operá ,
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opéra ,
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Opéra ,
operā , and operą Opéra Garnier in Paris Borrowed fromItalian opera Doublet ofoeuvre opus , and ure
opera (countable anduncountable plural operas or opere
( music ) theatrical work , combiningdrama ,music ,song and sometimesdance .( music ) score for such a work.( music ) genre of such works, theart of composing operas. Abuilding designed for theperformance of such works; anopera house .1907 Robert W[illiam] Chambers , chapter VI, inThe Younger Set , New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company ,→OCLC “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 theopera , the gorged dowagers, [ …]
Acompany dedicated to performing such works. ( by extension ) showy ,melodramatic orunrealistic production resembling an opera.Terms etymologically related to "opera"
theatrical work
Afrikaans:opera Albanian:operë (sq) f Amharic:ኦፔራ ( ʾopera ) Arabic:أُوبِرَا f ( ʔōbirā ) ,أُوبِرَا f ( ʔōbirā ) ,أُوبِرَا f ( ʔōpirā ) ,أُوبِرَا f ( ʔōpirā ) ,أُوپِرَا f ( ʔōpirā ) ,أُوپِرَا f ( ʔōpirā ) Armenian:օպերա (hy) ( ōpera ) Azerbaijani:opera (az) Belarusian:о́пера f ( ópjera ) ,о́пэра f ( ópera ) ( Taraškievica ) Bengali:অপেরা (bn) ( opera ) ,গীতিনাট্য (bn) ( gitinaṭṭo ) Breton:c'hoarigan (br) Bulgarian:о́пера (bg) f ( ópera ) Burmese:အော်ပရာ (my) ( aupa.ra ) Buryat:дуури ( duuri ) Catalan:òpera (ca) f Chinese:Cantonese:歌劇 / 歌剧 ( go1 kek6 ) ( Western style ) ,戲曲 / 戏曲 ( hei3 kuk1 ) ( Chinese opera ) Hokkien:歌劇 / 歌剧 ( koa-kio̍k ) ( Western style ) ,戲曲 / 戏曲 (zh-min-nan) ( hì-khiok ) ( Chinese opera ) Mandarin:歌劇 / 歌剧 (zh) ( gējù ) ( Western opera ) ,戲曲 / 戏曲 (zh) ( xìqǔ ) ( Chinese opera ) Cornish:gwari kan m Czech:opera (cs) f Danish:opera (da) c Dutch:opera (nl) m Esperanto:opero Estonian:ooper Finnish:ooppera (fi) French:opéra (fr) m Galician:ópera (gl) f Georgian:ოპერა ( oṗera ) German:Oper (de) f Greek:όπερα (el) f ( ópera ) Hebrew:אוֹפֵּרָה (he) f ( opera ) Hindi:ओपेरा m ( operā ) ,गीतिनाटक m ( gītināṭak ) ,संगीत नाटक m ( saṅgīt nāṭak ) ,संगीत नाटिका f ( saṅgīt nāṭikā ) Hungarian:opera (hu) Icelandic:ópera f Indonesian:opera (id) Irish:ceoldráma m Italian:opera lirica f opera (it) f Japanese:歌劇 (ja) ( かげき, kageki ) ,オペラ (ja) ( opera ) Kannada:ಗೀತನಾಟಕ (kn) ( gītanāṭaka ) ,ಗೀತರೂಪಕ (kn) ( gītarūpaka ) ,ಗೇಯರೂಪಕ (kn) ( gēyarūpaka ) ,ಅಪೆರಾ (kn) ( aperā ) Kazakh:опера ( opera ) Khmer:សង្គីតនាដន៍ ( sɑngkiitaʼniət ) , (ល្ខោន ( - ) ~)អូប៉េរ៉ា ( ʼoupeeraa ) Korean:오페라 (ko) ( opera ) ,가극(歌劇) (ko) ( gageuk ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:opera (ku) Kyrgyz:опера ( opera ) Lao:ໂອເປຣາ (lo) ( ʼō pr ) ,ອຸບປະລາກອນ ( ʼup pa lā kǭn ) Latvian:opera (lv) f Lithuanian:opera f Macedonian:опера f ( opera ) Malay:opera (ms) Maori:puoro whakaari Marathi:ओपेरा m ( operā ) ,ऑपेरा m ( ŏperā ) Mongolian:Cyrillic:дуурь (mn) ( duurʹ ) ,опер ( oper ) Norwegian:Bokmål:opera (no) m Pashto:اوپېرا f ( opera ) Persian:Iranian Persian:اُپِرا ( operâ ) Polish:opera (pl) f Portuguese:ópera (pt) f Romanian:operă (ro) f Russian:о́пера (ru) f ( ópera ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:о̏пера f Roman:ȍpera (sh) f Sinhalese:ඔපෙරා ( operā ) Slovak:opera (sk) f Slovene:opera (sl) f Southern Altai:опера ( opera ) Spanish:ópera (es) f Swedish:opera (sv) c Tagalog:opera Tajik:опера ( opera ) Tamil:ஆப்பெரா ( āpperā ) Thai:อุปรากร ( ù-bpà-raa-gɔɔn ) ,โอเปร่า ( oo-bpee-râa ) ,ละครร้อง ( lá-kɔɔn-rɔ́ɔng ) Tibetan:གླུ་གར ( glu gar ) Tigrinya:ኦፔራ ( ʾopera ) Turkish:opera (tr) Turkmen:opera Ukrainian:о́пера f ( ópera ) Urdu:اوپیرا m ( operā ) Uyghur:ئوپېرا ( opëra ) Uzbek:opera (uz) Vietnamese:ca kịch (vi) (歌劇 nhạc kịch (vi) (樂劇 Volapük:lop (vo) Welsh:opera m Yakut:опера ( opera ) Yiddish:אָפּערע f ( opere )
FromLatin opera opus
opera
plural ofopus opera (definite accusative operanı plural operalar
opera Borrowed fromSpanish ópera Italian opera
opera inan
opera ( theatrical work, score ) opera ( score ) opera ( building ) opera
Short form ofoperatu ( “ to operate ” ) “opera ”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language ] “opera ”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary Euskaltzaindia ,1987–2005 opera
inflection ofoperar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative opera f
opera Declension ofopera (hard feminine )
Borrowed fromItalian opera Latin opera opus
IPA (key ) : /ˈoː.pəˌraː/ Hyphenation:ope‧ra opera f plural opera's diminutive operaatje n
opera Fromopero ( “ opera ” ) +-a
opera (accusative singular operan plural operaj accusative plural operajn
of or relating toopera Borrowed fromItalian opera Latin opera [ 1]
IPA (key ) : [ˈopɛrɒ] Hyphenation:ope‧ra Rhymes:-rɒ opera (plural operák
( music ) opera ( atheatrical work combiningdrama ,music ,song and sometimesdance ) Synonyms: dalmű zenedráma ( music ) opera opera house ( building designed for theperformance of such works) Synonyms: operaház dalszínház opera in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . FromLatin opera
opera f plural opere
work Synonym: lavoro means ,help ,services Synonyms: mezzo aiuto servigi ( music ) opus ( music ) opera Synonym: melodramma institution ,institute ,society Synonyms: istituzione istituto See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
opera
inflection ofoperare third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative opera
Rōmaji transcription ofオペラ opera f plural operes
work Fromopus, operis n ( “ work ” ) , via reinterpretation of its nominative plural form as a feminine singular noun.[ 1]
opera f genitive operae first declension
work ,pains ,exertion ,effort ,labour Synonyms: cōnātus opus studium labor cūra mōlīmen intēnsiō mōlēs pulvis operae non est there is no need to, there is no time to 44BCE ,
Cicero ,
De Officiis 2.4.14 :
[…] nec hōc tempore sine hominumoperā aut pāscere eās aut domāre aut tuērī aut tempestīvōs frūctūs ex iīs capere possēmus […] and we cannot in the present either pasture them or break them in or take care of them or obtain the timely fruit from them without thelabour of humans service ,rendering of a service( transferred sense ) especially withdō )care ,attention , exertion bestowed on something (or someone, especially a teacher)withdative 121CE ,
Suetonius ,
The Twelve Caesars Vita divi Iuli 4 :
[…] absolūtōque Rhōdum sēcēdere statuit, et ad dēclīnandam invidiam et ut per ōtium ac requiem Apollōniō Molōnī clārissimō tunc dīcendī magistrōoperam daret. […] with him acquitted, he resolved to leave for Rhodes, to escape the hate as well as to payattention in rest and recreation toApollonius Molon , then the most distinguished teacher of speaking. ( uncommon ) withad +accusative c. BCE ,
Plautus ,
Casina prologus.0.21–22 :
Vōs omnīs opere magnō esse ōrātōs volōoperam dētis ad nostrum gregem. I want you all to be asked with great careattention to our company of actors. withut /nē +subjunctive c. BCE CE ,
Seneca the Younger 2.3:
Omnemoperam dedī, ut mē multitūdinī ēdūcerem et aliquā dōte nōtābilem facerem. I took all thecare to withdraw myself from the multitude and by some talent make myself distinguished. c. BCE ,
Julius Caesar ,
Commentarii de Bello Civili 1.5.3 :
Dentoperam cōnsulēs, praetōrēs, tribūnī plēbis—quīque prō cōnsulibus sunt ad urbem—nē quid rēs pūblica dētrimentī capiat. May the consuls, praetors, tribunes of the people—and those who are near the City—takecare that nothing bad happens to the Republic. with the subjunctive alone 62BCE BCE ,
Cicero ,
Epistulae ad Familiares 10.21 :
Ut exercitum locīs habeam opportūnīs, prōvinciam tuear, etiam sī ille exercitus descīerit, omniaque integra servem dabōoperam I shall takecare to keep the army in suitable locations, to protect my province even if that army defects, and to preserve the whole position uncompromised ( Old Latin , rare ) with theinfinitive (in theablative and with possessive pronouns ) one'sfault ,agency ,doing c. BCE BCE ,
Plautus ,
Captivi IIIv.20–21 :
[ …] et fallāciīs abiisse eum abs tē meāoperā atque astūtiā; [ …] [ …] and by deceit he went away from you by mydoing and astuteness; [ …] ( Old Latin ) in theablative , withexperior ) one's ownexperience c. BCE ,
Plautus ,
Trinummus 4.1.5–8 :
spurcificum, immānem, intolerandum, vēsānum: contrāoperā expertus obscene, frightful, intolerable, crazy: unlike how I've known you in myexperience ( Old Latin ) withūnā oreādem )manner ,way spare time for something (seeUsage notes )c. BCE BCE ,
Cicero ,
Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem 3.4.4 :
[…] dēest mihi quidemopera sed abest etiam ἐνθουσιασμός, quī nōn modo tempus sed etiam animum vacuum ab omnī cūrā dēsīderat. […] I don't have thetime , but theafflatus 27BCE BCE ,
Titus Livius ,
Ab Urbe Condita 4.8 :
[…] neque cōnsulibus, cum tot populōrum bella imminerent,operae erat id negōtium agere. […] nor was it worth thetime of the consuls when wars from so many tribes were threatening. ( usually in theplural ) 4CE c. CE ,
Columella ,
De Re Rustica 2.12.18 :
Cētera legūmina occupantoperās sexāgintā, id est mēnsēs duōs. The other vegetables require sixtydays' work , that is, two months. ( metonymic ) day labourer ,journeyman ,farmhand BCE Horace ,Satires 2.7.117–118 : [ …] Ōcius hinc tēopera agrō nōna Sabīnō. [ …] If you don't make offfarmhand on the Sabine field.( by extension ) worker orlabourer ( derogatory , politics ) aider ,tool ,rowdy 121CE ,
Suetonius ,
The Twelve Caesars Vita Divi Augusti 3 :
[…] ut equidem mīrer hunc quoque ā nōnnūllīs argentārium atque etiam inter dīvīsōrēsoperās que campestrēs prōditum […] so that I wonder that he too is alleged by some to have been a money-changer and even among the electoral bribe distributors andaiders in theCampus Martius deed ,activity ,effort 59BCE CE ,
Titus Livius ,
Ab urbe condita libri 41.4.6:
Ante omnēs īnsignisoperā fuit C. Popilī equitis; Sabellō cognōmen erat. More distinguished than others indeeds was Gaius Popilius the knight; Sabello was hiscognomen . that which iswrought orproduced , a work,handiwork c. BCE ,
Plautus ,
Asinaria II.iv.19 :
Iussīn columnīs dēicīoperās araneōrum? Didn't I order, you scoundrel, Didn't I order thehandiwork of spiders to be removed from the columns? ( transferred sense ) Opus opera supposes a free will and desire to serve).
The word, in its “spare time” meaning, is frequently used in the ante-classic period, and especially by Plautus, in the locutionoperae esse ( “ to be worth the time ” ) . Later on, it is characteristic ofLivy's style and of the archaising tendencies ofSilver Latin .
First-declension noun.
Insular Romance: Italo-Dalmatian: Rhaeto-Romance: Gallo-Italic: Gallo-Romance: Ibero-Romance: Borrowings: opera
nominative / accusative / vocative plural ofopus ^ Ernout, Alfred ;Meillet, Antoine (1985 ), “opera ”, inDictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections ofJacques André , Paris: Klincksieck, published2001 , page465 "opera ", inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary "opera ", inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers opera inEnrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025 ),Dizionario Latino , Olivetti Media Communication "opera ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis opera f 4 declension )
opera ópera f plural óperos stress pattern 1
opera Borrowed fromItalian operare
opera (imperfect jopera past participle operat verbal noun operar
tooperate Borrowed fromItalian opera
opera f plural operi
opera Alternative form: opra FromItalian opera (permusica .
opera m definite singular operaen indefinite plural operaer definite plural operaene
anopera anopera house ( alsooperahus ) FromItalian opera (permusica .
opera m definite singular operaen indefinite plural operaer or operaar definite plural operaene or operaane
anopera anopera house ( alsooperahus ) opera
inflection ofoperar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Borrowed fromItalian opera Latin opera
IPA (key ) : /ɔˈpɛ.ra/ Rhymes:-ɛra Syllabification:o‧pe‧ra opera f
( music ) opera ( theatrical work ) ( architecture ) opera house ( building ) opera inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANopera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Hyphenation:o‧pe‧ra Rhymes:-ɛɾɐ opera
inflection ofoperar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative FromFrench opérer Latin operare
a opera (third-person singular present operează past participle operat 1st conjugation
tooperate FromItalian opera Latin opera
ȍpera f Cyrillic spelling о̏пера
opera opera
inflection ofoperar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative opera classIX (plural opera classX )
opera opera c
( music ) opera ( music ) opera anopera house , anopera anopera Borrowed fromSpanish operar ( “ to operate ” ) .Doublet ofubra
operá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜇ
( medicine ) operating ( in surgery ) Borrowed fromSpanish ópera ( “ opera ” ) , fromItalian opera Latin opera ( “ work, labor ” ) .Doublet ofobra
óperá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜇ
( music ) opera “opera ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 . FromOttoman Turkish اوپهرا اوپارا اوپرا اوپره ( opera ) , fromItalian opera Latin opera
opera (definite accusative operayı plural operalar
( music ) opera opera house FromEnglish opera
opera f plural operâu
opera Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “opera ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies 
