overture

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• UK: /ˈəʊvətjʊə/
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• US: /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/
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From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: предложение (predloženie) — approach
• Dutch: voorstel — approach
• Finnish: avaus — approach
• Finnish: tunnustelu — approach
• German: Angebot — approach
• German: Annäherungsversuch — approach
• German: Offerte — approach
• Greek: πρόταση (prótasi) — approach
• Greek: διάβημα (diávima) — approach
• Greek: προσέγγιση (proséngisi) — approach
• Macedonian: пре́длог (prédlog) — approach
• Norwegian Bokmål: ouverture — approach
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ouverture — approach
• Plautdietsch: Väaschlach — approach
• Russian: предложе́ние (predložénije) — approach
• Russian: инициати́ва (iniciatíva) — approach
• Swedish: ouvertyr — approach
• Swedish: uvertyr — approach
• Arabic: اِفْتِتَاحِيَّة (iftitāḥiyya) — musical introduction
• Azerbaijani: uvertüra — musical introduction
• Bulgarian: увертюра (uvertjura) — musical introduction
• Catalan: obertura — musical introduction
• Chinese Mandarin: 序曲 (xùqǔ) — musical introduction
• Czech: předehra — musical introduction
• Danish: ouverture — musical introduction
• Estonian: uvertüür — musical introduction
• Estonian: avamäng — musical introduction
• Finnish: alkusoitto — musical introduction
• French: ouverture — musical introduction
• German: Ouvertüre — musical introduction
• Greek: εισαγωγή (eisagogí) — musical introduction
• Greek: προοίμιο (prooímio) — musical introduction
• Greek: ουβερτούρα (ouvertoúra) — musical introduction
• Hungarian: nyitány — musical introduction
• Interlingua: overtura — musical introduction
• Italian: ouverture — musical introduction
• Italian: preludio — musical introduction
• Italian: introduzione — musical introduction
• Japanese: 序曲 (jokyoku) — musical introduction
• Kazakh: увертюра (uvertüra) — musical introduction
• Kyrgyz: увертюра (uvertyura) — musical introduction
• Macedonian: уверти́ра (uvertíra) — musical introduction
• Norwegian Bokmål: ouverture — musical introduction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ouverture — musical introduction
• Persian: پیشنوا (piš-navâ) — musical introduction
• Persian: اوورتور (uvertur) — musical introduction
• Polish: uwertura — musical introduction
• Portuguese: abertura — musical introduction
• Romanian: uvertură — musical introduction
• Russian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra) — musical introduction
• Slovene: uvertura — musical introduction
• Spanish: obertura — musical introduction
• Swedish: ouvertyr — musical introduction
• Swedish: uvertyr — musical introduction
• Tagalog: obertura — musical introduction
• Tagalog: pasakalye — musical introduction
• Turkish: uvertür — musical introduction
• Turkmen: uwertýura — musical introduction
• Ukrainian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra) — musical introduction
• Uzbek: uvertyura — musical introduction
• Yiddish: אוּווערטור (uvertur) — musical introduction