"ouverture" meaning in French

See ouverture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /u.vɛʁ.tyʁ/ Audio: Fr-ouverture.ogg Forms: ouvertures [plural]
Rhymes: -yʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French overture, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture, a borrowing. Compare Catalan obertura. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|overture|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French overture, {{inh+|fr|fro|overture}} Inherited from Old French overture, {{inh|fr|VL.||*opertūra}} Vulgar Latin *opertūra, {{inh|fr|la|apertūra}} Latin apertūra, {{doublet|fr|aperture}} Doublet of aperture, {{cog|ca|obertura}} Catalan obertura Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} ouverture f (plural ouvertures)
  1. opening Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ouverture-fr-noun-Kz~fBcTd Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35
  2. (music) overture Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ouverture-fr-noun-aQcWmOTI Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: demi d’ouverture, ouverture d’esprit Related terms: apéritif, aperture, couverture, ouvert, ouvrir

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "demi d’ouverture"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ouverture d’esprit"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "увертюра",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: увертюра (uvertjura)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: увертюра (uvertjura)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Ouvertüre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Ouvertüre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Ouvertüre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ουβερτούρα",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: ουβερτούρα (ouvertoúra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: ουβερτούρα (ouvertoúra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "уверти́ра",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: уверти́ра (uvertíra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: уверти́ра (uvertíra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "اوورتور",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "uvertur"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: اوورتور (uvertur)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: اوورتور (uvertur)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "uwertura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: uwertura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: uwertura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "uvertură",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: uvertură",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: uvertură"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "увертю́ра",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)\n→ Azerbaijani: uvertüra\n→ Kazakh: увертюра (uvertüra)\n→ Kyrgyz: увертюра (uvertyura)\n→ Turkmen: uwertýura\n→ Uzbek: uvertyura",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)\n→ Azerbaijani: uvertüra\n→ Kazakh: увертюра (uvertüra)\n→ Kyrgyz: увертюра (uvertyura)\n→ Turkmen: uwertýura\n→ Uzbek: uvertyura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "увертира",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: увертира",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: увертира"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "uvertira",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: uvertira",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: uvertira"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "ouvertyr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: ouvertyr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: ouvertyr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "uvertür",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: uvertür",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: uvertür"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "увертю́ра",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)"
    }
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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        "1": "fr",
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      },
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    {
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        "1": "ca",
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ouvert"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ouvrir"
    }
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        {
          "word": "fermeture"
        }
      ],
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "opening"
      ],
      "id": "en-ouverture-fr-noun-Kz~fBcTd",
      "links": [
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "fr:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "overture"
      ],
      "id": "en-ouverture-fr-noun-aQcWmOTI",
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
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          "overture",
          "overture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) overture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/u.vɛʁ.tyʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-ouverture.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/Fr-ouverture.ogg/Fr-ouverture.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Fr-ouverture.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-yʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ouvertures"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ouverture"
}
{
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    "French 3-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French doublets",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/yʁ",
    "Rhymes:French/yʁ/3 syllables"
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    {
      "word": "demi d’ouverture"
    },
    {
      "word": "ouverture d’esprit"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "увертюра",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: увертюра (uvertjura)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: увертюра (uvertjura)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Ouvertüre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Ouvertüre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Ouvertüre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ουβερτούρα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: ουβερτούρα (ouvertoúra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: ουβερτούρα (ouvertoúra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "уверти́ра",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: уверти́ра (uvertíra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: уверти́ра (uvertíra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "ouverture",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: ouverture",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: ouverture"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "اوورتور",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "uvertur"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: اوورتور (uvertur)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: اوورتور (uvertur)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "uwertura",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: uwertura",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: uwertura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "uvertură",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: uvertură",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: uvertură"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "увертю́ра",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)\n→ Azerbaijani: uvertüra\n→ Kazakh: увертюра (uvertüra)\n→ Kyrgyz: увертюра (uvertyura)\n→ Turkmen: uwertýura\n→ Uzbek: uvertyura",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)\n→ Azerbaijani: uvertüra\n→ Kazakh: увертюра (uvertüra)\n→ Kyrgyz: увертюра (uvertyura)\n→ Turkmen: uwertýura\n→ Uzbek: uvertyura"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "увертира",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: увертира",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: увертира"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "uvertira",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: uvertira",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: uvertira"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "ouvertyr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: ouvertyr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: ouvertyr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "uvertür",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: uvertür",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: uvertür"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "увертю́ра",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)"
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "name": "inh"
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        "3": "overture"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "apertūra"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "aperture"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "obertura"
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      "expansion": "Catalan obertura",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French overture, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture, a borrowing. Compare Catalan obertura.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ouvertures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "ouverture f (plural ouvertures)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "apéritif"
    },
    {
      "word": "aperture"
    },
    {
      "word": "couverture"
    },
    {
      "word": "ouvert"
    },
    {
      "word": "ouvrir"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fermeture"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "opening"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "overture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "overture",
          "overture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) overture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/u.vɛʁ.tyʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-ouverture.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/Fr-ouverture.ogg/Fr-ouverture.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Fr-ouverture.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-yʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ouvertures"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ouverture"
}

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