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LIGHT OPERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does light opera mean?
• LIGHT OPERA (noun)
The noun LIGHT OPERA has 1 sense:
1. a short amusing opera
Familiarity information: LIGHT OPERA 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 ("light opera" 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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