OPERA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Opera mean?
• OPERA (noun)
The noun OPERA has 3 senses:
1. a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
2. a commercial browser
3. a building where musical dramas are performed
Familiarity information: OPERA used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OPERA (noun)
Meaning:
A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("opera" is a kind of...):
classical; classical music; serious music (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)
Meronyms (parts of "opera"):
supertitle; surtitle (translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage)
act (a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet)
aria (an elaborate song for solo voice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opera"):
bouffe; comic opera; opera bouffe; opera comique (opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken)
grand opera (opera in which all the text is sung)
musical drama (opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action)
Meaning:
A commercial browser
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Opera" is a kind of...):
browser; web browser (a program used to view HTML documents)
Meaning:
A building where musical dramas are performed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
opera house; opera
Hypernyms ("opera" is a kind of...):
house; theater; theatre (a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented)
