"operetta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɒpəˈɹɛtə/ Forms: operettas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian operetta. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|operetta}} Italian operetta Head templates: {{en-noun}} operetta (plural operettas)
  1. (music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue. [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] Wikipedia link: operetta Categories (topical): Music Translations (lighter version of opera): أوبريت (ʔōberēt) [masculine] (Arabic), аперэ́та (apjeréta) [feminine] (Belarusian), опере́та (operéta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), opereta [feminine] (Catalan), 輕歌劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 轻歌剧 (qīnggējù) (Chinese Mandarin), 滑稽歌劇 (Chinese Mandarin), 滑稽歌剧 (huájīgējù) (Chinese Mandarin), opereta [feminine] (Czech), operetti (Finnish), opérette [feminine] (French), opereta [feminine] (Galician), Operette [feminine] (German), οπερέτα (operéta) [feminine] (Greek), opereto (Ido), operetta [feminine] (Italian), 喜歌劇 (kikageki) (alt: きかげき) (Japanese), 軽歌劇 (keikageki) (alt: けいかげき) (Japanese), オペレッタ (operetta) (Japanese), 오페레타 (opereta) (Korean), хошин дуурь (xošin duurʹ) (Mongolian), operette [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), operette [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اپرت (operet) (Persian), operëtta [feminine] (Piedmontese), operetka [feminine] (Polish), opereta [feminine] (Portuguese), опере́тта (operétta) [feminine] (Russian), opereta [feminine] (Slovene), opereta [feminine] (Spanish), operett [common-gender] (Swedish), operet (Turkish), опере́та (operéta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), אָפּערעטע (operete) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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