operetta
English
/ɒpəˈɹɛtə/
noun
Definitions
- (music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian operetta.
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
operetta
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- operettic English
- operettist English
- Operette German
- opera Italian
- operetta Italian
- operettista Italian
- operettistico Italian
- оперетта Russian
- opereta Spanish, Castilian
- operette Norwegian Bokmål
- オペレッタ Japanese
- operette Norwegian Nynorsk
- οπερέτα Greek (modern)
- אָפּערעטע Yiddish