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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Opéra Garnier in Paris

Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.

Noun

opera (countable and uncountable, plural operas or opere)

  1. (music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; usually, one sung-through, based on classical music and seen as more artistic and formalized than other forms of musical theater.
  2. (music) The score for such a work.
  3. (music) The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
  5. A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The 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 the opera, the gorged dowagers, […], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
  6. A company dedicated to performing such works.
  7. (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
Derived terms
Terms etymologically related to "opera"
Descendants
  • → Albanian: operë
  • → Bengali: অপেরা (opera)
  • → Burmese: အော်ပရာ (aupa.ra)
  • → Hindi: ओपेरा (operā)
  • → Kannada: ಅಪೆರಾ (aperā)
  • → Korean: 오페라 (opera)
  • → Japanese: オペラ (opera)
  • → Marathi: ओपेरा (operā), ऑपेरा (ŏperā)
  • → Pashto: اوپېرا (opera)
  • → Sinhalese: ඔපෙරා (operā)
  • → Swahili: opera
  • → Tamil: ஆப்பெரா (āpperā)
  • → Thai: โอเปร่า (oo-bpee-râa)
  • → Urdu: اوپیرا (operā)
  • → Welsh: opera
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From Latin opera, plural of opus.

Noun

opera

  1. plural of opus; a collection of work.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Noun

opera (definite accusative operanı, plural operalar)

  1. opera

Declension

Declension of opera
singular plural
nominative operaoperalar
definite accusative operanıoperaları
dative operayaoperalara
locative operadaoperalarda
ablative operadanoperalardan
definite genitive operanınoperaların
Possessive forms of opera
nominative
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

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /opeɾa/ [o.pe.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa, -a
  • Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish ópera, from Italian opera.

Noun

opera inan

  1. opera (theatrical work, score)
  2. opera (score)
  3. opera (building)
Declension
Declension of opera (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive opera opera operak operok
ergative operak operak operek operok
dative operari operari operei operoi
genitive operaren operaren operen operon
comitative operarekin operarekin operekin operokin
causative operarengatik operarengatik operengatik operongatik
benefactive operarentzat operarentzat operentzat operontzat
instrumental operaz operaz operez operotaz
inessive operatan operan operetan operotan
locative operatako operako operetako operotako
allative operatara operara operetara operotara
terminative operataraino operaraino operetaraino operotaraino
directive operatarantz operarantz operetarantz operotarantz
destinative operatarako operarako operetarako operotarako
ablative operatatik operatik operetatik operotatik
partitive operarik — — —
prolative operatzat — — —

Etymology 2

Verb

opera

  1. short form of operatu (“to operate”)

Further reading

  • “opera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “opera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Verb

opera

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

Chavacano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Spanish ópera (“opera”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈopeɾa/ [ˈo.pe.ɾa]

  • Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra

Noun

ópera

  1. (music) opera

Etymology 2

Inherited from Spanish operar (“to operate”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /opeˈɾa/ [o.pe.ˈɾa]

  • Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra

Verb

operá

  1. to operate (medically)
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for opera
Zamboanga City Cavite
tense opera
past ya opera
present ta opera
future ay opera; opera; el opera; (rural/archaic) ey opera di opera
gerund operando ?
past participle operao; operado
infinitive opera
manner operada
reciprocal operahan
reciprocal past ya man operahan; ya'n operahan
reciprocal present ta man operahan; ta'n operahan
reciprocal future ay man operahan; man operahan; el man operahan; (rural/archaic) ey man operahan
reciprocal infinitive man operahan

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jògɪda (“to fear - applicative form”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈpe.ɽa/

Verb

-opera (infinitive kuópera)

  1. Applicative form of -opa
    1. to fear for someone, to worry about someone
    2. to go back, to withdraw, to retreat (i.e. fear makes you retreat)

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Negative: -saopera

References

  • Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[2], Oxford University Press, page 440

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈopɛra]

Noun

opera f (diminutive operka)

  1. opera

Declension

Declension of opera (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative opera opery
genitive opery oper
dative opeře operám
accusative operu opery
vocative opero opery
locative opeře operách
instrumental operou operami

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera, plural of opus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.pəˌraː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ope‧ra

Noun

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

  1. opera

Derived terms

Descendants

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree
English operabor.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos
Proto-Italic *opos
Latin opus
Latin opera
Italian operabor.
Polish operabor.
Russian о́пера (ópera)bor.
French opérabor.
▲
Italian operabor.
German Operbor.
Esperanto opero
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -ader.
▲
Latin -a
Italian -ader.
▲
Latin -a
Old Spanish -a
Spanish -ader.
Esperanto -a
Esperanto opera

    From opero (“opera”) + -a.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /oˈpera/
    • Rhymes: -era
    • Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

    Adjective

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

    1. of or relating to opera

    Further reading

    Hungarian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera. First attested in 1693.[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈopɛrɒ]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -rɒ
    • Hyphenation: ope‧ra
    • Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

    Noun

    opera (plural operák)

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

    Declension

    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    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
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		operáé operáké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		operáéi operákéi
    Possessive forms of opera
    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

    Derived terms

    Compound words

    References

    1. ^ opera in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.
    2. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

    Further reading

    • opera in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Malay opera from Italian opera,[1] from Latin opera, plural of opus.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /opəˈra/ [o.pəˈra]
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

    Noun

    opera (plural opera-opera)

    1. opera

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923), Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 231

    Further reading

    Italian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.pe.ra/
    • Audio (IT):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔpera
    • Hyphenation: ò‧pe‧ra

    Etymology 1

      Inherited from Latin opera.

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      opera f (plural opere)

      1. work
        Synonym: lavoro
      2. means, help, services
        Synonyms: mezzo, aiuto, servigi
      3. (music) opus
      4. (music) opera
        Synonym: melodramma
      5. institution, institute, society
        Synonyms: istituzione, istituto
      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Mostly unsorted:

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      opera

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

      Anagrams

      Japanese

      Romanization

      opera

      1. Rōmaji transcription of オペラ

      Ladin

      Noun

      opera f (plural operes)

      1. work

      Latin

      Etymology

        From opus, operis n (“work”), via reinterpretation of its nominative plural form as a feminine singular noun.[1]

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        opera f (genitive operae); first declension

        1. work, pains, exertion, effort, labour
          Synonyms: cōnātus, opus, studium, labor, cūra, mōlīmen, intēnsiō, mōlēs, pulvis
          operae non est (+ infinitive) ― there is no need to, there is no time to
          • 44 BCE, Cicero, De officiis 2.4.14:
            […] nec hōc tempore sine hominum operā 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 the labour of humans
        2. service, rendering of a service
          • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 13.9.3:
            […] Cn. Pūpium, quī est in operīs eius societātis […]
            […] Gnaeus Pupius, who is in the service of that association […]
        3. (transferred sense) (especially with dō) care, attention, exertion bestowed on something (or someone, especially a teacher)
          1. with dative
            • 163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 110:
              Ego ĭstūc aetātis nōn amōrī operam dabam […]
              When I was your age I wasn't giving much attention to love […]
            • 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita divi Iuli 4:
              […] absolūtōque Rhōdum sēcēdere statuit, et ad dēclīnandam invidiam et ut per ōtium ac requiem Apollōniō Molōnī clārissimō tunc dīcendī magistrō operam daret.
              […] with him acquitted, he resolved to leave for Rhodes, to escape the hate as well as to pay attention in rest and recreation to Apollonius Molon, then the most distinguished teacher of speaking.
          2. (uncommon) with ad + accusative
            • c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina prologus.0.21–22:
              Vōs omnīs opere magnō esse ōrātōs volō
              benignē ut operam dētis ad nostrum gregem.
              I want you all to be asked with great care
              to kindly give attention to our company of actors.
          3. with ut/nē + subjunctive
            • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor 2.3:
              Omnem operam dedī, ut mē multitūdinī ēdūcerem et aliquā dōte nōtābilem facerem.
              I took all the care to withdraw myself from the multitude and by some talent make myself distinguished.
            • c. 48 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello civili 1.5.3:
              Dent operam 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—take care that nothing bad happens to the Republic.
          4. with the subjunctive alone
            • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 10.21:
              Ut exercitum locīs habeam opportūnīs, prōvinciam tuear, etiam sī ille exercitus descīerit, omniaque integra servem dabō operam
              I shall take care to keep the army in suitable locations, to protect my province even if that army defects, and to preserve the whole position uncompromised
          5. (Old Latin, rare) with the infinitive
            • 165 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Hecyra 553–554:
              […] magis hūmānum est quam dare operam id scīre
              […] would it not be more human to turn a blind eye to that than take the trouble to find out
        4. (in the ablative and with possessive pronouns) one's fault, agency, doing
          • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.5.20–21:
            […] et fallāciīs abiisse eum abs tē meā operā atque astūtiā; […]
            […] and by deceit he went away from you by my doing and astuteness; […]
        5. (Old Latin) (in the ablative, with experior) one's own experience
          • c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 4.1.7:
            spurcificum, immānem, intolerandum, vēsānum: contrā operā expertus
            obscene, frightful, intolerable, crazy: unlike how I've known you in my experience
        6. (Old Latin) (with ūnā or eādem) manner, way
        7. spare time for something (see Usage notes)
          • c. 60 BCE – 54 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem 3.4.4:
            […] dēest mihi quidem opera sed abest etiam ἐνθουσιασμός, quī nōn modo tempus sed etiam animum vacuum ab omnī cūrā dēsīderat.
            […] I don't have the time, but the afflatus is absent too, which needs not only time but also a soul empty of every worry.
          • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 4.8.3:
            […] neque cōnsulibus, cum tot populōrum bella imminerent, operae erat id negōtium agere.
            […] nor was it worth the time of the consuls when wars from so many tribes were threatening.
        8. (usually in the plural) a day's work or labour
          • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 2.12.18:
            Cētera legūmina occupant operās sexāgintā, id est mēnsēs duōs.
            The other vegetables require sixty days' work, that is, two months.
        9. (metonymic) day labourer, journeyman, farmhand
          • c. 35 BCE, Horatius, Sermones 2.7.117–118:
            […] Ōcius hinc tē
            nī rapis, accēdēs opera agrō nōna Sabīnō.
            […] If you don't make off
            from here faster, you'll become the ninth farmhand on the Sabine field.
          1. (by extension) any kind of worker or labourer
            • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 33.73:
              Hic vōce, nūtū ēvocārī iubet operās pariterque ipse dēvolat.
              He orders by voice and by gesture the miners to be called outside, and rushes down in the same manner.
          2. (derogatory, politics) hired aider, tool, rowdy
            • 121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita Divi Augusti 3:
              […] ut equidem mīrer hunc quoque ā nōnnūllīs argentārium atque etiam inter dīvīsōrēs operāsque 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 and aiders in the Campus Martius
        10. deed, activity, effort
          • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 41.4.6:
            Ante omnēs īnsignis operā fuit C. Popilī equitis; Sabellō cognōmen erat.
            More distinguished than others in deeds was Gaius Popilius the knight; Sabello was his cognomen.
        11. that which is wrought or produced, a work, handiwork
          • c. 209 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 2.4.19:
            Iussīn columnīs dēicī operās araneōrum?
            Didn't I order, you scoundrel, Didn't I order the handiwork of spiders to be removed from the columns?

        Usage notes

        Opus is used mostly of the mechanical activity of work, as that of animals, slaves, and soldiers; 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 locution operae esse (“to be worth the time”). Later on, it is characteristic of Livy's style and of the archaising tendencies of Silver Latin.

        Declension

        First-declension noun.

        singular plural
        nominative opera operae
        genitive operae operārum
        dative operae operīs
        accusative operam operās
        ablative operā operīs
        vocative opera operae

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Insular Romance:
        • Italo-Dalmatian:
          • Italian: opera (see there for further descendants)
          • Sicilian: >? òpera, òpira, òpra
          • Venetan: ovra (obsolete)
        • Rhaeto-Romance:
        • Gallo-Italic:
        • Northern Gallo-Romance:
          • Franco-Provençal: ôvra
          • Old French: uevre (see there for further descendants)
        • Southern Gallo-Romance:
        • Ibero-Romance:
        • Borrowings:

        Noun

        opera

        1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of opus

        References

        1. ^ Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “opera”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 465

        Further reading

        • “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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
        • "opera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
        • “opera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], 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

        Latvian

        Noun

        opera f (4 declension)

        1. opera

        Declension

        Declension of opera (4th)
        singular plural
        nominative opera operas
        genitive operas operu
        dative operai operām
        accusative operu operas
        instrumental operu operām
        locative operā operās
        vocative opera operas

        Lithuanian

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ˈɔpʲɛrɐ]
        • Rhymes: -ɔpʲɛrɐ
        • Syllabification: ò‧pe‧ra

        Noun

        ópera f (plural óperos) stress pattern 1

        1. opera

        Declension

        Declension of ópera
        singular plural
        nominative ópera óperos
        genitive óperos óperų
        dative óperai óperoms
        accusative óperą óperas
        instrumental ópera óperomis
        locative óperoje óperose
        vocative ópera óperos

        Makasar

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Dutch opera (“opera”), from Italian opera (“opera”).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /oˈpera/, [o.ˈpʰe.ra]
        • Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

        Noun

        opera (Lontara spelling ᨕᨚᨄᨙᨑ or 𑻱𑻶𑻣𑻵𑻭, definite operaya)

        1. (theater) Malay or Javanese popular opera or operetta
          Synonyms: komedi bangsawan, sitamboloʼ

        References

        • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 490

        Malay

        Etymology

        Internationalism, borrowing from Italian opera (first attested in the Kitab Vortaro published in 1923)[1] later reinforced by English ultimately from Latin opera. Displaced earlier komedi njanji (lit. 'singing comedy')[1] as used in earlier Malay translations of Western works (e.g. 1922 Electrische Drukkerij translation of The Count of Monte Cristo, Boekoe Tjerita Graaf de Monte Cristo p. 63)

        Noun

        opera (plural opera-opera)

        1. opera

        References

        1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kwik Khing Djoen (1923), Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 231

        Further reading

        Maltese

        Pronunciation

        Etymology 1

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-
        Proto-Indo-European *-os
        Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos
        Proto-Italic *opos
        Latin opus
        Latin opera
        Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
        Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
        Proto-Indo-European *-tós
        Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
        Proto-Italic *-ātos
        Latin -ātus
        Latin operātusbf.
        Latin operārī
        Italian operarebor.
        Maltese opera

          Borrowed from Italian operare.

          Verb

          opera (imperfect jopera, past participle operat, verbal noun operar)

          1. to operate
          Conjugation
          Conjugation of opera (a-type unadapted loan)
          positive forms
          singular plural
          1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
          perfect m operajt operajt opera operajna operajtu operaw
          f operat
          imperfect m nopera topera jopera noperaw toperaw joperaw
          f topera
          imperative opera operaw
          negative forms
          singular plural
          1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
          perfect m operajtx operajtx operax operajniex operajtux operawx
          f operatx
          imperfect m noperax toperax joperax noperawx toperawx joperawx
          f toperax
          imperative toperax toperawx

          Etymology 2

          Etymology tree
          Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-
          Proto-Indo-European *-os
          Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos
          Proto-Italic *opos
          Latin opus
          Latin opera
          Italian operabor.
          Maltese opera

            Borrowed from Italian opera.

            Noun

            opera f (plural operi)

            1. opera
              Alternative form: opra

            Norwegian Bokmål

            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)

            Derived terms

            References

            Norwegian Nynorsk

            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)

            Derived terms

            References

            Occitan

            Verb

            opera

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

            Polish

            Etymology

            Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ɔˈpɛ.ra/
            • Audio:(file)
            • Rhymes: -ɛra
            • Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

            Noun

            opera f

            1. (music) opera (theatrical work)
            2. (architecture) opera house (building)

            Declension

            Declension of opera
            singular plural
            nominative opera opery
            genitive opery oper
            dative operze operom
            accusative operę opery
            instrumental operą operami
            locative operze operach
            vocative opero opery

            Derived terms

            adjective
            • operowy
            adverb
            • operowo
            adjective
            noun

            Further reading

            • “opera”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
            • “opera”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish)

            Portuguese

            Pronunciation

            • (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈpɛ.ɾɐ/

            • Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra
            • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

            Etymology 1

            Verb

            opera

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

            Etymology 2

            Noun

            opera f (plural operas)

            1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ópera
              • 1935 August 16, Jota, “Theatro municipal: ‘Cecilia’, de Licinio Refice”, in O Imparcial, volume I, number 70, Rio de Janeiro, page 12:
                Não vamos dar o resumo da opera porque custa quatrocentos réis e o jornal só um tostão. Deixemos isso para o Imbassahy e o Guanabarino. E passemos adeante.
                We are not going to summarize the opera because that costs four-hundred réis and the newspaper only costs one. Let us leave it to [Carlos] Imbassahy and [Oscar] Guanabarino. And let us carry on.

            Romanian

            Etymology

            From French opérer, from Latin operare.

            Verb

            a opera (third-person singular present operează, past participle operat) 1st conjugation

            1. to operate

            Conjugation

                conjugation of opera (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
            infinitive a opera
            gerund operând
            past participle operat
            number singular plural
            person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
            indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
            present operez operezi operează operăm operați operează
            imperfect operam operai opera operam operați operau
            simple perfect operai operași operă operarăm operarăți operară
            pluperfect operasem operaseși operase operaserăm operaserăți operaseră
            subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
            present să operez să operezi să opereze să operăm să operați să opereze
            imperative — tu — — voi —
            affirmative operează operați
            negative nu opera nu operați

            Serbo-Croatian

            Etymology

            From Italian opera, from Latin opera.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ôpera/

            Noun

            ȍpera f (Cyrillic spelling о̏пера)

            1. opera

            Declension

            Declension of opera
            singular plural
            nominative opera opere
            genitive opere opera
            dative operi operama
            accusative operu opere
            vocative opero opere
            locative operi operama
            instrumental operom operama

            Spanish

            Verb

            opera

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

            Swahili

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            opera class IX (plural opera class X)

            1. opera

            Swedish

            Pronunciation

            • Audio:(file)

            Noun

            opera c

            1. (music) opera (genre)
            2. (music) an opera
              Fantomen på operan
              The Phantom of the Opera
            3. an opera house, an opera (building where opera is performed)
            4. an opera (opera institution)

            Declension

            Declension of opera
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite opera operas
            definite operan operans
            plural indefinite operor operors
            definite operorna operornas

            Derived terms

            See also

            References

            Tagalog

            Etymology 1

            Borrowed from Spanish operar (“to operate”). Doublet of ubra.

            Pronunciation

            • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔopeˈɾa/ [ʔo.pɛˈɾa]
            • Rhymes: -a
            • Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

            Noun

            operá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜇ)

            1. (medicine) act of operating (in surgery)
            Derived terms
            Descendants
            • → Tausug: upira
            See also

            Etymology 2

            Borrowed from Spanish ópera (“opera”), from Italian opera, from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of obra.

            Pronunciation

            • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔopeɾa/ [ˌʔoː.pɛˈɾa]
            • Rhymes: -opeɾa
            • Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

            Noun

            óperá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜇ)

            1. (music) opera

            Further reading

            • “opera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

            Turkish

            Etymology

            From Ottoman Turkish اوپه‌را, اوپارا, اوپرا, اوپره (opera), from Italian opera, from Latin opera.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /oˈpe.ɾa/

            Noun

            opera (definite accusative operayı, plural operalar)

            1. (music) opera
            2. opera house

            Declension

            Declension of opera
            singular plural
            nominative opera operalar
            definite accusative operayı operaları
            dative operaya operalara
            locative operada operalarda
            ablative operadan operalardan
            genitive operanın operaların

            Welsh

            Etymology

            From English opera.

            Noun

            opera f (plural operâu)

            1. opera
            • operatig (“operatic”)

            Mutation

            Mutated forms of opera
            radical soft nasal h-prothesis
            opera unchanged unchanged hopera

            Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
            All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

            Further reading

            • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “opera”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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