grand opera

grand op·er·a

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [grand op-er-uh, op-ruh]
- /grænd ˈɒp ər ə, ˈɒp rə/
- /ɡrænd ˈɒp.ər.ə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [grand op-er-uh, op-ruh]
- /grænd ˈɒp ər ə, ˈɒp rə/

Definitions of grand opera words

noun grand opera a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music. 1
noun grand opera an opera that has a serious plot and is entirely in musical form, with no spoken dialogue 0
noun grand opera opera, generally on a serious theme, in which the whole text is set to music 0

See all 3 definitions of grand opera

Information block about the term

Origin of grand opera

First appearance:

before 1795

One of the 43% newest English words

First recorded in 1795-1805

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Grand opera

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Grand opera

grand opera popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

grand opera usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer