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operas bouffes

operas bouffes is the plural of opera bouffe.

Meaning of opera bouffe

Noun

opera bouffe (countable and uncountable, plural operas bouffes)

  1. (attributive, often) A type of French comic opera, typified by everyday characters and ludicrous situations.
    • He sang solos from "La Grande Duchesse," and many other opera-bouffe songs, with great taste and verve.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 144

Questions about operas bouffes

What is operas bouffes the plural of?
Operas bouffes is the plural of opera bouffe.

Words near operas bouffes in the dictionary

  1. operaphile
  2. operaphiles
  3. operaphobe
  4. operaphobes
  5. operas
  6. operas bouffes
  7. operatable
  8. operate
  9. operated
  10. operatee
  11. operatees

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