ouverture

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See also: Ouvertüre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouverture.

Noun

ouverture (plural ouvertures)

  1. (music) Uncommon form of overture.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouverture.

Pronunciation

Noun

ouverture c (singular definite ouverturen, plural indefinite ouverturer)

  1. (music) overture

Declension

Declension of ouverture
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ouverture ouverturen ouverturer ouverturerne
genitive ouvertures ouverturens ouverturers ouverturernes

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouverture.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ouverture

  1. (music) overture

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French overture, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture, a borrowing. Compare Catalan obertura.

Pronunciation

Noun

ouverture f (plural ouvertures)

  1. opening
    Antonym: fermeture
  2. (music) overture

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouverture, Old French overture, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of apertura, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.verˈtyr/[1]
  • Hyphenation: ou‧ver‧tu‧re

Noun

ouverture f (invariable)

  1. (music) overture
    Synonyms: introduzione, (music) preludio
    Antonym: (music) coda

References

  1. ^ ouverture in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From French ouverture.

Noun

ouverture m (definite singular ouverturen, indefinite plural ouverturer, definite plural ouverturene)

  1. (music, also by extension) an overture

Usage notes

Also spelt overtyre, but this is not an officially recognised spelling.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From French ouverture.

Noun

ouverture m (definite singular ouverturen, indefinite plural ouverturar, definite plural ouverturane)

  1. (music, also by extension) an overture

Usage notes

As for Bokmål.

References