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单词 operette
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operetten.

Brit. /ˌɒpəˈrɛt/, U.S. /ˌɑpəˈrɛt/
Forms: 1800s– operette, 1800s– opérette.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from German. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: German Operette; French opérette.
Etymology: Probably partly < German Operette (early 18th cent. as Operetta; < Italian operetta operetta n.), and partly < French opérette (1821) < opéra opera n.1 + -ette -ette suffix, after Italian operetta operetta n. Compare Dutch operette (1851). Compare earlier operetta n.
= operetta n. Also in extended use.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [noun] > type of
comic opera1706
grand opera1720
operetta1741
opera comique1742
burletta1748
opera buffa1783
mezzo carattere1806
opera seria1808
light opera1813
tragédie lyrique1823
opera semiseria1825
opera bouffe1842
operette1871
rescue opera1943
Peking opera1953
monodrama1954
opera magica1956
pop opera1964
bouffe-
1871 Appleton's Jrnl. 15 Apr. 444/3 His [sc. Offenbach's] operettes are no longer performed in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna, where they were formerly very popular.
1890 E. Dowson Let. 19 May (1967) 149 Playing snatches of opérette—Gilbert & Sullivan, Sultan of Mocha etc.
1928 Observer 15 Apr. 21/2 Few operettes launched on the public nowadays can compare with the delicious music of Pongrác Kacsoh.
1935 Discovery July 211/2 The Estonians have some charming ‘operettes’, too, which..without being heavy have much more in them than our average musical comedies.
1961 Times 7 Mar. 8/4 On the borderline between opera bouffe and opérette.
1977 Listener 30 June 867/1 Joan Aiken's Lost Movement, an entirely enjoyable story, offers..a pretty and melodramatic operette.
1998 B. Day Noël Coward 160/3 The operetta form—which Noël insisted on calling the operette—had always fascinated him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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