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BOUFFE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bouffe mean?
• BOUFFE (noun)
The noun BOUFFE has 1 sense:
1. opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
Familiarity information: BOUFFE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bouffe; comic opera; opera bouffe; opera comique
Hypernyms ("bouffe" is a kind of...):
opera (a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bouffe"):
light opera; operetta (a short amusing opera)
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