opera

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

From Latin opera, plural of opus.

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: opera — theatrical work
• Albanian: operë — theatrical work
• Southern Altai: опера (opera) — theatrical work
• Amharic: ኦፔራ (ʾopera) — theatrical work
• Arabic: أُوبِرَا (ʔōbirā) — theatrical work
• Arabic: أُوبِرَا (ʔōpirā) — theatrical work
• Arabic: أُوپِرَا (ʔōpirā) — theatrical work
• Armenian: օպերա (ōpera) — theatrical work
• Azerbaijani: opera — theatrical work
• Belarusian: о́пера (ópjera) — theatrical work
• Belarusian: о́пэра (ópera) — theatrical work
• Bengali: অপেরা (opera) — theatrical work
• Bengali: গীতিনাট্য (gitinaṭṭo) — theatrical work
• Breton: c'hoarigan — theatrical work
• Bulgarian: о́пера (ópera) — theatrical work
• Burmese: အော်ပရာ (aupa.ra) — theatrical work
• Buryat: дуури (duuri) — theatrical work
• Catalan: òpera — theatrical work
• Chinese Cantonese: 歌劇 /歌剧 (go1 kek6) — theatrical work
• Chinese Cantonese: 戲曲 /戏曲 (hei3 kuk1) — theatrical work
• Chinese: 歌劇 /歌剧 (koa-kio̍k) — theatrical work
• Chinese: 戲曲 /戏曲 (hì-khiok) — theatrical work
• Chinese Mandarin: 歌劇 /歌剧 (gējù) — theatrical work
• Chinese Mandarin: 戲曲 /戏曲 (xìqǔ) — theatrical work
• Cornish: gwari kan — theatrical work
• Czech: opera — theatrical work
• Danish: opera — theatrical work
• Dutch: opera — theatrical work
• Esperanto: opero — theatrical work
• Estonian: ooper — theatrical work
• Finnish: ooppera — theatrical work
• French: opéra — theatrical work
• Galician: ópera — theatrical work
• Georgian: ოპერა (oṗera) — theatrical work
• German: Oper — theatrical work
• Greek: όπερα (ópera) — theatrical work
• Hebrew: אוֹפֵּרָה (opera) — theatrical work
• Hindi: ओपेरा (operā) — theatrical work
• Hindi: गीतिनाटक (gītināṭak) — theatrical work
• Hindi: संगीत नाटक (saṅgīt nāṭak) — theatrical work
• Hindi: संगीत नाटिका (saṅgīt nāṭikā) — theatrical work
• Hungarian: opera — theatrical work
• Icelandic: ópera — theatrical work
• Indonesian: opera — theatrical work
• Irish: ceoldráma — theatrical work
• Italian: opera lirica — theatrical work
• Italian: opera — theatrical work
• Japanese: 歌劇 (kageki) — theatrical work
• Japanese: オペラ (opera) — theatrical work
• Kannada: ಗೀತನಾಟಕ (gītanāṭaka) — theatrical work
• Kannada: ಗೀತರೂಪಕ (gītarūpaka) — theatrical work
• Kannada: ಗೇಯರೂಪಕ (gēyarūpaka) — theatrical work
• Kannada: ಅಪೆರಾ (aperā) — theatrical work
• Kazakh: опера (opera) — theatrical work
• Khmer: សង្គីតនាដន៍ (sɑngkiitaʼniət) — theatrical work
• Khmer: អូប៉េរ៉ា (ʼoupeeraa) — theatrical work
• Korean: 오페라 (opera) — theatrical work
• Korean: 가극 (gageuk) — theatrical work
• Northern Kurdish: opera — theatrical work
• Kyrgyz: опера (opera) — theatrical work
• Lao: ໂອເປຣາ (ʼō pr) — theatrical work
• Lao: ອຸບປະລາກອນ (ʼup pa lā kǭn) — theatrical work
• Latvian: opera — theatrical work
• Lithuanian: opera — theatrical work
• Macedonian: опера (opera) — theatrical work
• Malay: opera — theatrical work
• Māori: puoro whakaari — theatrical work
• Marathi: ओपेरा (operā) — theatrical work
• Marathi: ऑपेरा (ŏperā) — theatrical work
• Mongolian: дуурь (duurʹ) — theatrical work
• Mongolian: опер (oper) — theatrical work
• Norwegian Bokmål: opera — theatrical work
• Pashto: اوپېرا (opera) — theatrical work
• Iranian Persian: اُپِرا (operâ) — theatrical work
• Polish: opera — theatrical work
• Portuguese: ópera — theatrical work
• Romanian: operă — theatrical work
• Russian: о́пера (ópera) — theatrical work
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏пера — theatrical work
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpera — theatrical work
• Sinhalese: ඔපෙරා (operā) — theatrical work
• Slovak: opera — theatrical work
• Slovene: opera — theatrical work
• Spanish: ópera — theatrical work
• Swedish: opera — theatrical work
• Tagalog: opera — theatrical work
• Tajik: опера (opera) — theatrical work
• Tamil: ஆப்பெரா (āpperā) — theatrical work
• Thai: อุปรากร (ù-bpà-raa-gɔɔn) — theatrical work
• Thai: โอเปร่า (oo-bpee-râa) — theatrical work
• Thai: ละครร้อง (lá-kɔɔn-rɔ́ɔng) — theatrical work
• Tibetan: གླུ་གར (glu gar) — theatrical work
• Tigrinya: ኦፔራ (ʾopera) — theatrical work
• Turkish: opera — theatrical work
• Turkmen: opera — theatrical work
• Ukrainian: о́пера (ópera) — theatrical work
• Urdu: اوپیرا (operā) — theatrical work
• Uyghur: ئوپېرا (opëra) — theatrical work
• Uzbek: opera — theatrical work
• Vietnamese: ca kịch — theatrical work
• Vietnamese: nhạc kịch — theatrical work
• Volapük: lop — theatrical work
• Welsh: opera — theatrical work
• Yakut: опера (opera) — theatrical work
• Yiddish: אָפּערע (opere) — theatrical work
• Armenian: օպերա (ōpera) — score
• Esperanto: opero — score
• Finnish: ooppera — score
• Galician: ópera — score
• German: Oper — score
• Greek: όπερα (ópera) — score
• Hungarian: operapartitúra — score
• Hungarian: operakotta — score
• Northern Kurdish: opera — score
• Marathi: ओपेरा (operā) — score
• Marathi: ऑपेरा (ŏperā) — score
• Polish: opera — score
• Portuguese: ópera — score
• Russian: о́пера (ópera) — score
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏пера — score
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpera — score
• Slovene: opera — score
• French: opéra — genre
• German: Oper — genre
• Irish: ceoldrámaíocht — genre
• Italian: opera — genre
• Northern Kurdish: opera — genre
• Swedish: opera — genre
• Armenian: օպերա (ōpera) — building — see also opera house
• Breton: c'hoarigandi — building — see also opera house
• Burmese: ဇာတ်ရုံ (jatrum) — building — see also opera house
• Chinese Mandarin: 歌劇院 /歌剧院 (gējùyuàn) — building — see also opera house
• Esperanto: operejo — building — see also opera house
• Esperanto: opera domo — building — see also opera house
• Finnish: oopperatalo — building — see also opera house
• German: Oper — building — see also opera house
• German: Opernhaus — building — see also opera house
• Greek: όπερα (ópera) — building — see also opera house
• Hungarian: operaház — building — see also opera house
• Hungarian: opera — building — see also opera house
• Irish: teach ceoldráma — building — see also opera house
• Irish: áras ceoldrámaíochta — building — see also opera house
• Italian: teatro d'opera — building — see also opera house
• Northern Kurdish: opera — building — see also opera house
• Latvian: opera — building — see also opera house
• Latvian: operteātris — building — see also opera house
• Marathi: ओपेरा (operā) — building — see also opera house
• Marathi: ऑपेरा (ŏperā) — building — see also opera house
• Polish: opera — building — see also opera house
• Portuguese: ópera — building — see also opera house
• Russian: о́пера (ópera) — building — see also opera house
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏пера — building — see also opera house
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpera — building — see also opera house
• Slovene: opera — building — see also opera house
• Swedish: opera — building — see also opera house
• Swedish: operahus — building — see also opera house
• Vietnamese: nhà hát — building — see also opera house
• German: Oper — company
• Greek: όπερα (ópera) — company
• Hungarian: operaház — company
• Japanese: 歌劇団 (kagekidan) — company
• Korean: 가극단 (gageukdan) — company
• Northern Kurdish: opera — company
• Portuguese: ópera — company
• Russian: о́пера (ópera) — company
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏пера — company
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpera — company
• Slovene: opera — company