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OPERETTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does operetta mean?
• OPERETTA (noun)
The noun OPERETTA has 1 sense:
1. a short amusing opera
Familiarity information: OPERETTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short amusing opera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
light opera; operetta
Hypernyms ("operetta" is a kind of...):
bouffe; comic opera; opera bouffe; opera comique (opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken)
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