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operette

operette is the alternative form of operetta.

Meaning of operetta

Noun

operetta (plural operettas)

  1. A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue.

Forms of operette

pluraloperettes

Questions about operette

What is operette the alternative form of?
Operette is the alternative form of operetta.

Words near operette in the dictionary

  1. opere citato
  2. operetta
  3. operetta house
  4. operetta houses
  5. operettas
  6. operette
  7. operettes
  8. operettic
  9. operettist
  10. operettists
  11. operibus citatis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operette (page history and authors); operetta (page history and authors). 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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