## Meanings
1. A dramatic play set to music in which the words are sung rather than spoken.
2. The art form of composing and performing such works.
3. A building where operas are performed.

## Examples
- They went to see an opera at the city theatre.
- She has loved opera since she was a child.
- We had dinner near the opera before the show.

## Derived Forms
- antiopera
- nonopera
- opera-goer
- operafication
- operafy
- operagoer
- operagoing
- operalike
- operameter
- operaphile
- operaphobe
- operetta

## Related Forms
- aria
- ballet
- masque
- melodrama
- operable
- operand
- operant
- operate
- operatic
- operation
- operational
- operatist

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₃ep-

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.

## AI Etymology
Opera was borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure. Modern senses include a dramatic play set to music in which the words are sung rather than spoken and the art form of composing and performing such works. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antiopera, nonopera, opera-goer, operafication, operafy, and operagoer and related forms such as aria, ballet, masque, and melodrama.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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