operetta

Borrowed from Italian operetta.

• IPA^(key): /ɒpəˈɹɛtə/

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operetta (plural operettas)

1. (music) A lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue. [from 18th c.]

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Operetta”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 146, column 3.

From opera +‎ -etta, literally “little opera”.

• IPA^(key): /o.peˈret.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: o‧pe‧rét‧ta

operetta f (plural operette)

1. operetta

   da operetta ― comedy (relational); frivolous

• operettista
• operettistico

• → English: operetta