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opera¹

  • /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/ UK
  • /ˈɒp.ɹə/ UK
  • /ˈɑp.ə.ɹə/ Canada, US
  • /ˈɑ.pɚ.ə/ Canada, US
  • /ˈɑ.pɹə/ Canada, US
  • /ˈɔp.ə.ɹə/ Australia
  • /ˈɔp.ɹə/ Australia

Where it comes from

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

noun operas · opere

  1. countable, uncountable 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. countable, uncountable The score for such a work.
  3. countable, uncountable The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
  4. countable, uncountable A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house. “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—!"
  5. countable, uncountable A company dedicated to performing such works.
  6. broadly, countable, uncountable Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.

opera²

  • /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/ UK
  • /ˈɒp.ɹə/ UK
  • /ˈɑp.ə.ɹə/ Canada, US
  • /ˈɑ.pɚ.ə/ Canada, US
  • /ˈɑ.pɹə/ Canada, US
  • /ˈɔp.ə.ɹə/ Australia
  • /ˈɔp.ɹə/ Australia

Where it comes from

From Latin opera, plural of opus.

noun

  1. plural plural of opus; a collection of work.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: opera house, musical, symphony, operatic, troupe, theater, theatre, theatrical, drama, scene, movie, show, performance, series, oper, work

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noun theatrical work

Españolópera
한국어오페라 opera, 가극 gageuk
日本語歌劇 kageki, オペラ opera
中文歌劇 /歌剧 gējù, 戲曲 /戏曲 xìqǔ
हिन्दीओपेरा operā, गीतिनाटक gītināṭak, संगीत नाटक saṅgīt nāṭak, संगीत नाटिका saṅgīt nāṭikā
Portuguêsópera
Françaisopéra
DeutschOper
Italianoopera lirica, opera
Ελληνικάόπερα ópera
Românăoperă
Русскийо́пера ópera
Tiếng Việtca kịch, nhạc kịch
العربيةأُوبِرَا ʔōbirā, أُوبِرَا ʔōpirā, أُوپِرَا ʔōpirā
עבריתאוֹפֵּרָה opera

noun score

Portuguêsópera
DeutschOper
Ελληνικάόπερα ópera
Русскийо́пера ópera

noun genre

Françaisopéra
DeutschOper
Italianoopera

noun building — see also opera house

中文歌劇院 /歌剧院 gējùyuàn
Portuguêsópera
DeutschOper, Opernhaus
Italianoteatro d'opera
Ελληνικάόπερα ópera
Русскийо́пера ópera
Tiếng Việtnhà hát

noun company

한국어가극단 gageukdan
日本語歌劇団 kagekidan
Portuguêsópera
DeutschOper
Ελληνικάόπερα ópera
Русскийо́пера ópera

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@misc{opera_2026,
  title = {opera},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/opera},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}