/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/, /ˈɒp.ɹə/, /ˈɑp.ə.ɹə/
OriginBorrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
- countable, uncountableA theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
- countable, uncountableThe score for such a work.
- countable, uncountableThe genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
- countable, uncountableA building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
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- countable, uncountableA company dedicated to performing such works.
- broadly, countable, uncountableAny showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
- form-of, pluralplural of opus; a collection of work.
Formsoperas(plural) · opere(plural)