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Webster 1913 Edition

Operetta

Opˊer-et′ta

,

Noun.

[It., dim. of

opera

.]

(Mus.)

A short, light, musical drama.

Definition 2025

operetta

operetta

English

Noun

operetta ‎(plural operettas)

(music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue.

Translations

lighter version of opera

Belarusian: аперэ́та f ‎(apjeréta)
Bulgarian: опере́та f ‎(operéta)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輕歌劇, 轻歌剧 ‎(qīnggējù), 滑稽歌劇, 滑稽歌剧 ‎(huájīgējù)
Czech: opereta f
Finnish: operetti (fi)
French: opérette (fr) f
German: Operette (de) f
Italian: operetta (it) f
Japanese: 喜歌劇 ‎(きかげき, kikageki), 軽歌劇 ‎(けいかげき, keikageki), オペレッタ ‎(operetta)

Korean: 오페레타 (ko) ‎(opereta)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: operette m

Nynorsk: operette m
Polish: operetka f
Portuguese: opereta (pt) f
Russian: опере́тта (ru) f ‎(operétta)
Slovene: opereta (sl) f
Spanish: opereta (es) f
Swedish: operett (sv) c
Ukrainian: опере́та f ‎(operéta)
Yiddish: אָפּערעטע f ‎(operete)

Italian

Etymology

From opera +‎ -etta, literally a "little opera".

Noun

operetta f ‎(plural operette)

operetta
da operetta - frivolous; comedy (attribute)

Derived terms