Opera Bouffe

  

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Opera Bouffe

Definition: Opera Bouffe

Opera Bouffe

Noun

1. Opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Opera Bouffe

Synonyms: bouffe (n), comic opera (n), opera comique (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Opera Bouffe

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

The Drama

Play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame; melodrama, melodrame; comidie larmoyante, sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue;duologue trilogy; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Photo Album: Opera Bouffe

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Evangeline Rice and Goodwin's American opera bouffe. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Modern Translation: Opera Bouffe

Language Translations for "opera bouffe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

opera buffa, vĂ­gopera (comic opera). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

operaay ouffebay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Opera Bouffe

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-f-f-o-o-p-r-u"

-5 letters: aerobe, before, bouffe, buffer, pouffe, prefab, puffer, rebuff, ruboff, upbear, upbore.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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