# opera
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/, /ˈɒp.ɹə/
* (US, Canada) IPA: /ˈɑ.pɚ.ə/, /ˈɑ.pɹə/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɔp.ə.ɹə/, /ˈɔp.ɹə/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.

#### Noun

opera (countable and uncountable, plural operas or opere)
* (music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
* (music) The score for such a work.
* (music) The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
* A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
** 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:“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—!"
* A company dedicated to performing such works.
* (by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.

##### Derived terms

* antiopera
* ballad opera
* Beijing opera
* Cantonese opera
* chamber opera
* Chinese 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
* 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

##### Related terms

* operable
* operand
* operant
* operate
* operatic
* operation
* operational
* operatist
* operative
* operatize
* operator
* opus

##### Translations
#### See also

* aria
* ballet
* masque
* melodrama
* musical comedy
* oratorio
* recitative
* singspiel
* Appendix:Glossary of opera

### Etymology 2

From Latin opera, plural of opus.

#### Noun

opera
* plural of opus; a collection of work.

### Anagrams

* pareo

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

opera (definite accusative operanı, plural operalar)
* opera

#### Declension
## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /opeɾa/ [o.pe.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -eɾa, -a
* Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish ópera, from Italian opera.

#### Noun

opera inan
* opera (theatrical work, score)
* opera (score)
* opera (building)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

opera
* Short form of operatu (“to operate”).

### Further reading

* “opera”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “opera”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Verb

opera
* inflection of operar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈopɛra]

### Noun

opera f
* opera

#### Related terms

* operní
* opus

### Further reading

* “opera”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “opera”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* opera in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera, plural of opus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoː.pəˌraː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ope‧ra

### Noun

opera f (plural opera's, diminutive operaatje n)
* opera

#### Derived terms

* operacomponist
* rockopera
* operazanger
* operazangeres

#### Related terms

* oeuvre
* operette
* opus

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From opero (“opera”) +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [oˈpera]
* Rhymes: -era
* Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra

### Adjective

opera (accusative singular operan, plural operaj, accusative plural operajn)
* of or relating to opera

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈopɛrɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ope‧ra
* Rhymes: -rɒ

### Noun

opera (plural operák)
* (music) opera (a theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)
    Synonyms: dalmű, zenedráma
* (music) opera, opera house (building designed for the performance of such works)
    Synonyms: operaház, dalszínház

#### Derived terms

* Opera
* operai
* operabemutató
* operaénekes
* operaház

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* opera in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.pe.ra/
* Audio (IT):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔpera
* Hyphenation: ò‧pe‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Latin opera.

#### Alternative forms

* opra, ovra (archaic)

#### Noun

opera f (plural opere)
* work
    Synonym: lavoro
* means, help, services
    Synonyms: mezzo, aiuto, servigi
* (music) opus
* (music) opera
    Synonym: melodramma
* institution, institute, society
    Synonyms: istituzione, istituto

##### Derived terms

* opera orfana

##### Related terms

* manodopera
* operaio
* operare
* operetta
* operista
* operoso

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

opera
* inflection of operare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* pareo

## Ladin
### Noun

opera f (plural operes)
* work

## Latin
### Etymology

From opus, operis n (“work”), via reinterpretation of its nominative plural form as a feminine singular noun.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈo.pe.ra/, [ˈɔpɛrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈo.pe.ra/, [ˈɔːperä]

### Noun

opera f (genitive operae); first declension
* work, exertion, effort
    Synonyms: cōnātus, opus, studium, labor, cūra, mōlīmen, intēnsiō, mōlēs, pulvis
    operae non est (+ infinitive) ― there is no need to, there is no time to
** 44 BCE, Cicero, De Officiis 2.4.14:Quī dēnique ex bēstiīs frūctūs aut quae commoditās, nisi hominēs adiuvārent, percipī posset? Nam et quī prīncipēs inveniendī fuērunt, quem ex quāque bēluā ūsum habēre possēmus, hominēs certē fuērunt, nec hōc tempore sine hominum operā aut pāscere eās aut domāre aut tuērī aut tempestīvōs frūctūs ex iīs capere possēmus; ab eīsdemque et, quae nocent, interficiuntur et, quae ūsuī possunt esse, capiuntur.What produce of beasts, then, or what commodity could be obtained, if men didn't assist? For those that first found out what use we can have from each beast, were surely humans, and we cannot in the present either pasture them or break them in or take care of them or obtain the timely fruit from them without the labour of humans; and by the same are killed those who do harm and captured those that can be of use.
* service
** 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiārēs 13.9.3:
    […] Cn. Pūpium, quī est in operīs eius societātis […]
       […] Gnaeus Pupius, who is in the service of that association […]
* (especially with dō) care, attention bestowed on something (or someone, especially a teacher)
** with dative
*** 163 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos 1.1.58–60:Ego ĭstūc aetātis nōn amōrī operam dabam sed in Asiam hinc abiī propter pauperiem atque ibī simul rem et glōriam armīs bellī repperī.When I was your age I wasn't giving much attention to love but instead I left for Asia because of poverty and there I found fortune and glory by the arms of war.
*** c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 1 4.period1:Cēterum, compositā sēditiōne cīvīlī, Cornēlium Dolabellam cōnsularem et triumphālem repetundārum postulāvit; absolūtōque Rhōdum sēcēdere statuit, et ad dēclīnandam invidiam et ut per ōtium ac requiem Apollōniō Molōnī clārissimō tunc dīcendī magistrō operam daret.Then, with the civil unrest quietened, he charged Cornelius Dolabella, former consul who had triumphed, with extortion; with him acquitted, he resolved to leave for Rhodes, to escape the hate as well as to pay attention in rest and recreation to Apollonius Molon, then the most distinguished teacher of speaking.
** (uncommon) with ad + accusative
*** c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina pro.21–22:Vōs omnīs opere magnō esse ōrātōs volō benignē ut operam dētis ad nostrum gregem.I want you all to be asked with great care to kindly give attention to our company of actors.
** with ut/nē + subjunctive
*** c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De vita beata 2.3:Omnem operam dedī, ut mē multitūdinī ēdūcerem et aliquā dōte nōtābilem facerem.I took all the care to withdraw myself from the multitude and by some talent make myself distinguished.
*** c. 48 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili 1.5.3:Dent operam cōnsulēs, praetōrēs, tribūnī plēbis—quīque prō cōnsulibus sunt ad urbem—nē quid rēs pūblica dētrimentī capiat.May the consuls, praetors, tribunes of the people—and those who are near the City—take care that nothing bad happens to the Republic.
** with the subjunctive alone
*** 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiārēs 10.21.6:
    Ut exercitum locīs habeam opportūnīs, prōvinciam tuear, etiam sī ille exercitus descīerit, omniaque integra servem dabō operam, quoad exercitūs hōc summittātis parīque fēlīcitāte rem pūblicam hīc vindicētis.
       I shall take care to keep the army in suitable locations, to protect my province even if that army defects, and to preserve the whole position uncompromised, until you send armies to my support and defend the commonwealth with just as much success.
** (Old Latin, rare) with the infinitive
*** 165 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Hecyra 4.1.37–38:Sī modestē ac rārō haec fēcit, nōnne ea dissimulāre nōs magis hūmānum est quam dare operam id scīre, quī nōs ōderit?If he did these things reasonably and unfrequently, would it not be more human to turn a blind eye to that than take the trouble to find out, due to which he might hate us?
* (in the ablative and with possessive pronouns) one's fault, agency, doing
** c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.5.19–22:TYNDARUS. Fateor, omnia facta esse ita ut tū dīcis, et fallāciīs abiisse eum abs tē meā operā atque astūtiā; an, obsecrō hercle tē, id nunc suscēnsēs mihī?TYNDARUS. I confess that all were done just like you say, and by deceit he went away from you by my doing and astuteness; and, please, by Hercules, now you are inflamed at me?
* (Old Latin) (in the ablative, with experior) one's own experience
** c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 4.1.5–8:Atque ego, Neptūne, tibi ante aliōs deōs grātiās agō atque abeō summās; nam tē omnēs saevomque sevērumque atque āvidīs mōribus commemorant, spurcificum, immānem, intolerandum, vēsānum: contrā operā expertus, nam pol placidō tē et clementī meō ūsque modō, ut voluī, ūsus sum in altō.And I, Neptune, give thanks to you above other gods and in the highest; for all remember you cruel and strict and with the greediest character, obscene, frightful, intolerable, crazy: unlike how I've known you in my experience, for, by Pollux, in my own gentle and merciful way have I benefitted from you, as I wanted, at sea.
* (Old Latin) (with ūnā or eādem) manner, way
** c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 3.4.30–31:Et quidem Alcumeus atque Orestēs et Lycurgus posteā ūnā operā mihi sunt sodālēs quā iste.And then Alcumeus and Orestes and Lycurgus are my friends in the same manner as this one is.
* spare time for something (see #Usage notes)
** c. 60 BCE – 54 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Quīntum frātrem 3.4.4:
    Dē versibus quōs tibi ā mē scrībī vīs, dēest mihi quidem opera sed abest etiam ἐνθουσιασμός, quī nōn modo tempus sed etiam animum vacuum ab omnī cūrā dēsīderat.
       Regarding the verses which you want composed by me to you, I don't have the time, but the afflatus is absent too, which needs not only time but also a soul empty of every worry.
** 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 4.8.3:Ortum autem initium est reī, quod in populō per multōs annōs incēnsō neque differrī cēnsus poterat neque cōnsulibus, cum tot populōrum bella imminerent, operae erat id negōtium agere.The beginning of the office appeared because in the people devastated in the course of many years neither could a census be held, nor was it worth the time of the consuls when wars from so many tribes were threatening.
* a day's labour
** 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 2.12.18:Cētera legūmina occupant operās sexāgintā, id est mēnsēs duōs.The other vegetables require sixty days' work, that is, two months.
* (metonymically) day labourer, farmhand
** BCE 30, Horace, Satires 2.7.117–118:
    […] Ōcius hinc tē nī rapis, accēdēs opera agrō nōna Sabīnō.
       […] If you don't make off from here faster, you'll become the ninth farmhand on the Sabine field.
** (by extension) any kind of worker
*** c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.72–73:Et tamen in silice facilior existimātur opera; est namque terra ex quōdam argillae genere glāreā mixta—gangadiam vocant—prope inexpugnābilis. Cuneīs eam ferreīs adgrediuntur et īsdem malleīs, nihilque dūrius putant, nisi quod inter omnia aurī famēs dūrissima est. Perāctō opere cervīcēs fornicum ab ultimō caedunt. Dat signum rīma, eamque sōlus intellegit in cacūmine eius montis vigil. Hic vōce, nūtū ēvocārī iubet operās pariterque ipse dēvolat. Mōns frāctus cadit ab sēsē longē fragōre quī concipī hūmānā mente nōn possit, aeque et flātū incrēdībilī. Spectant victōrēs ruīnam nātūrae. Nec tamen adhūc aurum est nec sciēre esse, cum fōderent, tantaque ad perīcula et inpendia satis causae fuit sperāre quod cuperent.And still the work is considered to be easier in flint; for there is earth, consisting of some kind of clay, mixed with gravel—they call it gangadia—almost impenetrable. They approach it with iron wedges and with the same hammer machines [as above], and they consider nothing harder, save for the fact that hunger for gold is the hardest among all things. With the work done, they cut down the supports of the arched roofs beginning from the last one. A fissure gives the sign, and only the watchman in the peak of that mountain notices it. He orders by voice and by gesture the miners to be called outside, and rushes down in the same manner. At a distance, the mountain, broken, falls by itself with a crash which cannot be conceived by the human mind, and with an incredible blast as well. The victors watch the ruin of nature. And the gold is not even there yet, nor did they know whether there was any when they were digging, and hoping for what they desired was enough of a reason to go through all these dangers and expenses.
** (derogatory, politics) hired aider, tool, rowdy
*** c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 2 3.period1:C. Octāvius pater a prīncipiō aetātis et rē et existimātiōne magnā fuit, ut equidem mīrer hunc quoque ā nōnnūllīs argentārium atque etiam inter dīvīsōrēs operāsque campestrēs prōditum; amplīs enim innūtrītus opibus honōrēs et adeptus est facile et ēgregiē administrāvit.The father Gaius Octavius was from the beginning of his age of great wealth as well as reputation, so that I wonder that he too is alleged by some to have been a money-changer and even among the electoral bribe distributors and aiders in the Campus Martius; for, brought up with ample riches, he obtained honours with ease as well as administering them excellently.
* deed, activity, effort
** 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 41.4.6:Ante omnēs īnsignis operā fuit C. Popilī equitis; Sabellō cognōmen erat. Is pede sauciō relictus longē plūrimōs hostium occīdit.More distinguished than others in deeds was Gaius Popilius the knight; Sabello was his cognomen. He, left behind with a wounded leg, killed the most enemies by far.
* handiwork
** c. 209 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 2.4.18–19:Iussīn, sceleste, ab iānuā hoc stercus hinc auferrī? Iussīn columnīs dēicī operās araneōrum?Didn't I order, you scoundrel, this dung to be carried away from the door? Didn't I order the handiwork of spiders to be removed from the columns?

#### Usage notes

The word, in its “spare time” meaning, is frequently used in the ante-classic period, and especially by Plautus, in the locution operae esse, meaning 'to be worth the time'. Later on, it is characteristic of Livy's style and of the archaising tendencies of Silver Latin.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* opella
* operor
* operae prētium

#### Descendants

* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: òbera, òpera
* Italo-Dalmatian:
** Italian: opera, opra, ovra
*** → Catalan: òpera
*** → Dutch: opera
*** → English: opera
*** → French: opéra
**** → Arabic: أُوبِرَا (ʔūbirā)
*** → Galician: ópera
*** → German: Oper
*** → Portuguese: ópera
*** → Romanian: operă
*** → Russian: о́пера (ópera)
*** → Spanish: ópera
*** → Venetan: òpera, òpra, òpara
** Sicilian: òpira
** Venetan: ovra (obsolete)
* Rhaeto-Romance:
** Friulian: opare
** Romansch: ovra
* Gallo-Italic:
** Old Lombard: ovra
* Gallo-Romance:
** Catalan: obra
** Franco-Provençal: ôvra
** Occitan: òbra
** Old French: uevre
*** French: œuvre
*** Walloon: ouve
*** → English: ure
* Ibero-Romance:
** Old Galician-Portuguese: obra
*** Galician: obra
*** Portuguese: obra
** Ladino: ovra
** Spanish: huebra, obra
* Borrowings:
** →? Albanian: vepër
** → Old Irish: opar
*** Irish: obair
*** Manx: obbyr
*** Scottish Gaelic: obair

### Noun

opera
* nominative/accusative plural of opus

### References

* ↑ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “opera”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 465

### Further reading

* "opera", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "opera", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* opera in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
* "opera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Latvian
### Noun

opera f (4 declension)
* opera

#### Declension
## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈôːpɛrɐ]

### Noun

ópera f (plural óperos) stress pattern 1
* opera

#### Declension
## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔː.pɛ.ra/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian operare.

#### Verb

opera (imperfect jopera, past participle operat, verbal noun operar)
* to operate

##### Related terms

* inoperabbli
* operabbli
* operatorju
* operatur
* operazzjoni (oprazzjoni)
* operejter
* opra

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian opera.

#### Noun

opera f (plural operi)
* opera
    Alternative form: opra

##### Related terms

* operetta
* operettista
* operina
* operista
* operistiku

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Italian opera (per musica).

### Noun

opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer, definite plural operaene)
* an opera
* an opera house (also operahus)

#### Derived terms

* operahus
* operasanger, operasangerinne
* såpeopera

### References

* “opera” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Italian opera (per musica).

### Noun

opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer or operaar, definite plural operaene or operaane)
* an opera
* an opera house (also operahus)

#### Derived terms

* operahus
* såpeopera

### References

* “opera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Verb

opera
* inflection of operar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔˈpɛ.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛra
* Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

### Noun

opera f
* (music) opera (theatrical work)
* (architecture) opera house (building)

#### Derived terms

* operowy
* operowo

#### Related terms

* operetkowy
* operetka

### Further reading

* opera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* opera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /oˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /oˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /oˈpɛ.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈpɛ.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: o‧pe‧ra
* Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

### Verb

opera
* inflection of operar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

From French opérer, from Latin operare.

### Verb

a opera (third-person singular present operează, past participle operat) 1st conjugation
* to operate

#### Conjugation
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Italian opera, from Latin opera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ôpera/

### Noun

ȍpera f (Cyrillic spelling о̏пера)
* opera

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Verb

opera
* inflection of operar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

opera class IX (plural opera class X)
* opera

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

opera c
* (music) opera (genre)
* (music) an opera
    Fantomen på operanThe Phantom of the Opera
* an opera house, an opera (building where opera is performed)
* an opera (opera institution)

#### Related terms

* operaföreställning
* operahus
* operett

#### See also

* libretto
* musikal

### References

* opera in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* opera in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* opera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish operar (“to operate”). Doublet of ubra.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔopeˈɾa/ [ʔo.pɛˈɾa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

#### Noun

operá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜇ)
* (medicine) act of operating (in surgery)

##### Derived terms

* mag-opera
* magpaopera
* operahan
* operahin
* pag-oopera
* tagaopera
* tagapag-opera
* umopera

##### Related terms

* operado/operada

##### Descendants

* → Tausug: upira

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish ópera (“opera”), from Italian opera, from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of obra.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔopeɾa/ [ˌʔoː.pɛˈɾa]
* Rhymes: -opeɾa
* Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra

#### Noun

óperá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜇ)
* (music) opera

##### Related terms

* operasyon
* opereta

### Further reading

* “opera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوپه‌را, اوپارا, اوپرا, اوپره (opera), from Italian opera, from Latin opera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.pe.ɾa/

### Noun

opera (definite accusative operayı, plural operalar)
* (music) opera
* opera house

#### Declension
## Welsh
### Etymology

From English opera.

### Noun

opera f (plural operâu)
* opera

#### Related terms

* operatig (“operatic”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “opera”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies