operetta house en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɔp.eˈɾɛʈ.a ˌhaws/ (India)
- /ˌɒp.əˈɹɛt.ə ˌhaʊ̯s/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
- ŏp′ə-rĕt′ə hous′
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌɑp.əˈɹɛt.ə ˌhaʊ̯s/ (Canada, cot-caught-merger)
- /ˌɔːp.əˈɹɛt.ə ˌhaʊ̯s/ older Received Pronunciation
- /ˌɔp.əˈɹɛt.ə ˌhaʊ̯s/ (General-American)
- /ˌɔp.əˈɹɛt.ə ˌhʌʊ̯s/ (Scotland)
- /ˌɔp.əˈɹet.ə ˌhæɔ̯s/ (Australia)
- /ˌɑp.əˈɹɛt.ə ˌhaʊ̯s/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
- /ˌɒp.əˈɹet.ə ˌhæʊ̯s/ (New-Zealand)
Meanings
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A theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging operetta.
Now performing at the New Royalty Operetta House.
1862, The Musical World, page 414:In the Soviet Union, about a third of the 625 main subsidised theatres were operetta houses.
2014 October 14, John Elsom, Cold War Theatre (Routledge Revivals), Routledge, →ISBN, page 144:The situation has been gravest in the now-united Berlin, previously a Doppelgänger city, theatrically and musically, with two (or more) opera houses, two operetta houses, two theatres for classical German drama, and so forth.
2004 June, Richard Traubner, Operetta: A Theatrical History, Routledge, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| operetta houses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (6)
fi operettitalo (theatre for operetta) · de Operettenhaus (theatre for operetta) · pl operetka (theatre for operetta) · cmn 輕歌劇院 /轻歌剧院 (theatre for operetta) · ru теа́тр опере́тты (theatre for operetta) · pl gmach operetki (theatre for operetta)