ouverture
French
noun
Definitions
- opening
- (music) overture
Etymology
Inherited from Old French overture inherited from Latin *opertūra, apertūra (opening).
Origin
Latin
apertūra
Gloss
opening
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- apertive English
- aperture English
- *obertūra Latin
- *opertūra Latin
- apertūra Latin
- Ouvertüre German
- apertura Italian
- ouverture Italian
- apertuur Dutch, Flemish
- aperture French
- réouverture French
- увертюра Russian
- abertura Spanish, Castilian
- apertura Spanish, Castilian
- obertura Spanish, Castilian
- ouverture Norwegian Bokmål
- abertura Portuguese
- uwertura Polish
- ouverture Norwegian Nynorsk
- overt Old French
- overture Old French
- obert Catalan, Valencian
- obertura Catalan, Valencian
- overture Middle French
- abertura Asturian
- ouvertir Mauritian Creole