"opus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊpəs/, /ˈɒpəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-opus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: opuses [plural], opera [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊpəs, -ɒpəs Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opusbor. English opus Borrowed from Latin opus. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:opus|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opusbor. English opus [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "work", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "work", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "work", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃ep-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₃épos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*opos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "opus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "opus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="opus"> Borrowed from Latin opus. Head templates: {{en-noun|+|opera}} opus (plural opuses or opera)
  1. (music) A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. Translations (a work of music or set of works with a specified rank): опус (opus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), opus [masculine] (Czech), opus (Finnish), opus (Italian), opus [neuter] (Polish), о́пус (ópus) [masculine] (Russian), opus [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-opus-en-noun-gOtYD9wH Categories (other): Music, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 45 55 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'a work of music or set of works with a specified rank': 85 15
  2. A work, especially of art. Translations (a work, especially of art): teos (Finnish), о́пус (ópus) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-opus-en-noun-lNYdM9N4 Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of 'a work, especially of art': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: opuscule Related terms: opus incertum, opus magnum, opus operantis, opus operatum, opus quadratum, opus spicatum

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.