opera
UK/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə//ˈɑp.ə.ɹə/
opera noun: 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. Also the plural of opus.
Noun
opera (countable and uncountable, plural operas or opere)
- 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.
- The score for such a work.
- The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
- 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—!"1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- A company dedicated to performing such works.
- Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
Also used as
opera is also the plural of opus.
opera meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
opera in Hindi
- theatrical work
- ओपेरा operā, गीतिनाटक gītināṭak, संगीत नाटक saṅgīt nāṭak, संगीत नाटिका saṅgīt nāṭikā
opera in Tamil
- theatrical work
- ஆப்பெரா āpperā
opera in Marathi
- theatrical work
- ओपेरा operā, ऑपेरा ŏperā
- score
- ओपेरा operā, ऑपेरा ŏperā
- building — see also opera house
- ओपेरा operā, ऑपेरा ŏperā
opera in Urdu
- theatrical work
- اوپیرا operā
More languagesFewer languages
- opera in Bengali
- অপেরা opera, গীতিনাট্য gitinaṭṭo
- opera in Telugu
- ఒపేరా, ఒపెరా
- opera in Malayalam
- ഓപ്പറ, ഒപേറ, ഒപെറ
- opera in Kannada
- ಗೀತನಾಟಕ gītanāṭaka, ಗೀತರೂಪಕ gītarūpaka, ಗೇಯರೂಪಕ gēyarūpaka, ಅಪೆರಾ aperā
- opera in Punjabi
- ਓਪੇਰਾ, ਆਪੇਰਾ
- opera in Gujarati
- ઓપેરા, ઑપેરા
- opera in Odia
- ଅପେରା, ଓପେରା, ଅପରେଆ
- opera in Sinhala
- ඔපෙරා operā
- opera in Nepali
- ओपेरा, अपेरा, ऑपेरा
- opera in Pashto
- اوپېرا opera
- opera in Tagalog
- opera
- opera in Arabic
- أُوبِرَا ʔōbirā, أُوپِرَا ʔōpirā
- opera in Malay
- opera
- opera in Indonesian
- opera
- opera in Persian
- اُپِرا operâ
- opera in Thai
- อุปรากร ù-bpà-raa-gɔɔn, โอเปร่า oo-bpee-râa, ละครร้อง lá-kɔɔn-rɔ́ɔng
- opera in Vietnamese
- ca kịch, nhạc kịch, nhà hát
- opera in Myanmar
- အော်ပရာ aupa.ra, ဇာတ်ရုံ jatrum
Examples of opera in a sentence
- The acoustics in the opera house gave the whole concert a spooky sound.
- The Ring of the Nibelung is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner.
- You wouldn't expect teenagers to sing opera, but these kids will knock your socks off.
Forms of opera
| plural | operas |
|---|---|
| plural | opere |
Origin of opera
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
From Latin opera, plural of opus.
Words formed from opera
- antiopera
- ballad opera
- Beijing opera
- Cantonese opera
- chamber opera
- Chinese opera
- CNN opera
- comic opera
- fairy opera
- grand opera
- hip hopera
- horse opera
- hoss opera
- light opera
- lyric opera
- nonopera
- oat opera
- oil opera
- opera bouffe
- opera buffa
- opera cake
- opera cloak
- opéra comique
- operafication
- operafy
- opera glass
- opera glasses
- opera glove
- operagoer
- opera-goer
- operagoing
- opera hat
- opera house
- opera house trap
- operalike
- operameter
- operaphile
- operaphobe
- opera seria
- opera singer
- opera slipper
- opera window
- operetta
- Peking opera
- popera
- poperetta
- rap opera
- rock opera
- Savoy opera
- soap opera
- space opera
- time opera
Phrases with opera
Questions about opera
- What does opera mean?
- Opera means 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.
- What is opera in Hindi?
- Opera in Hindi is ओपेरा (operā), गीतिनाटक (gītināṭak), संगीत नाटक (saṅgīt nāṭak). See Opera meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is opera?
- Opera is a noun.
- How do you pronounce opera?
- Opera is pronounced /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of opera?
- The plural of opera is operas.
Words near opera in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: opera (page history and authors); opera (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); opera (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); opera (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); opera (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); opera (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); opera (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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