English

English

Opéra Garnier in Paris

Noun

opera ‎(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 W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VI”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     “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).

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

• pareo

Czech

Noun

opera f

1. opera

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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

1. opera

Derived terms

• operacomponist

Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. of or relating to opera

Related terms

• opero ‎(“opera”)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopɛrɒ]
• Hyphenation: ope‧ra

Noun

opera ‎(plural operák)

1. opera

Declension

Derived terms

• operabemutató
• operaház

Italian

Etymology

From Latin opera.

Pronunciation

Noun

opera f ‎(plural opere)

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

Synonyms

• (1) lavoro
• (2) mezzo, aiuto, servigi
• (4) melodramma
• (5) istituzione, istituto

Related terms

• manodopera
• operaio
• operare
• operetta
• operista
• operoso

Verb

opera

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

Ladin

Noun

opera f ‎(plural operes)

1. work

Latin

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

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.

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• operor
• opus

Descendants

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)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
    

Latvian

Noun

opera f (4 declension)

1. opera

Declension

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

• operahus
• operasanger, operasangerinne
• såpeopera

References

• “opera” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• operahus
• såpeopera

References

• “opera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

opera

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian opera, from Latin opera.

Noun

ȍpera f ‎(Cyrillic spelling о̏пера)

1. opera

Declension

Spanish

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.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

opera c

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

Declension

Related terms

• operaföreställning
• operahus
• operett

See also

• libretto
• musikal