opera
nomnomcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈɒp.ə.ɹə//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈɒp.ɹə//
- Canada//ˈɑp.ə.ɹə//
- Canada//ˈɑ.pɚ.ə//
- Canada//ˈɑ.pɹə//
A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
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A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
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The score for such a work.
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The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
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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—!"
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A company dedicated to performing such works.
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Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
Étymologie
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
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Aussi une forme de opusplural of opus; a collection of work.
Étymologie
From Latin opera, plural of opus.
Formes
- pluriel
- operas, opere
opera · A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
operate · To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength,…operated · Operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy.operating · In operation; that operates.