Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; usually, one sung-through, based on classical music and seen as more artistic and formalized than other forms of musical theater.

    Oper

    о́пераópera

    о́пераópera

  2. (countable, uncountable)The score for such a work.

    Oper

    о́пераópera

  3. (countable, uncountable)The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.

    Oper

  4. (countable, uncountable)A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.

    Oper, Opernhaus

    о́пераópera

  5. (countable, uncountable)A company dedicated to performing such works.

    Oper

    о́пераópera

  6. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.

More definitions
  • a building where musical dramas are performed
  • a commercial browser developed by Opera Software
  • a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes

Examples

27 sentences
  1. Tom likes to watch soap operas.

    ruТом любит смотреть мыльные оперы. — marafon

  2. Tom likes watching soap operas.

  3. I don't watch soap operas.

    ruЯ не смотрю мыльные оперы. — odexed

  4. I'm addicted to soap operas.

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  5. Tom caught Mary secretly watching soap operas at night.

    ruТом подловил Мэри на просмотре мыльных опер ночью. — odexed

    deTom erwischte Maria dabei, wie sie sich heimlich nachts Seifenopern ansah. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
theatrical work:
Русский
By meaning 1
theatrical work:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
theatrical work:
building — see also opera house:

Origin

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

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

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