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opus pous oups uops puos upos opsu posu ospu sopu psou spou ousp uosp osup soup usop suop puso upso psuo spuo uspo supo

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Definitions and meaning of opus

opus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəʊpəs/, /ˈɒpəs/
• Rhymes: -əʊpəs, -ɒpəs

Noun

opus (plural opuses or opera)

1. (music) A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.

2. A work, especially of art.

Usage notes

The most common plural of opus in English is opuses. Some people use the Latin plural, opera. Opi is fairly common in the field of classical music, though mostly in informal contexts. The use of any of these three pluralizations may result in the speaker being corrected, though opi, above all, should be avoided in formal contexts. Outside of music, the word opus sees particularly frequent use in the expression magnum opus.

Abbreviations: op., Op.

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Translations

Anagrams

• POUs, PUOs, Pous, pous, puso, soup

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈopus]
• Hyphenation: opus

Noun

opus m inan

1. opus

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• opus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• opus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• puso

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.pʏs/
• Hyphenation: opus

Noun

opus n (plural opera or opussen, diminutive opusje n)

1. opus

Related terms

• oeuvre
• opera

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈopus/, [ˈo̞pus̠]
• Rhymes: -opus
• Syllabification^(key): o‧pus

Noun

opus

1. (colloquial) book
2. (music) opus

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “opus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• sopu, supo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opus. Doublet of œuvre and opéra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.pys/

Noun

opus m (plural opus)

1. opus, artistic work

   Synonym: œuvre

Further reading

• “opus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

opus

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of opor

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opus. Doublet of the inherited Old Italian uopo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.pus/
• Rhymes: -ɔpus
• Hyphenation: ò‧pus

Noun

opus m

1. opus

Latin

Alternative forms

• op. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *opos, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”), whence also ops and omnis. Cognates include Sanskrit अपस् (ápas, “work, action”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pus/, [ˈɔpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pus/, [ˈɔːpus]

Noun

opus n (genitive operis); third declension

1. work, labor, accomplishment

   Synonyms: cōnātus, studium, opera, labor, cūra, intēnsiō, mōlēs, pulvis
2. workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.)

   Synonym: cūra

3. need, necessity

   Synonyms: egestās, pēnūria, paupertās, dēsīderium, necessitās, inopia, indigentia, ūsus

   opus esse +nom. or +abl. of the thing needed ― to have need of, there is need of

   alicui opus est aliquo ― someone needs something

   opus est ― it is necessary

   mihi frumentum non opus est ― I do not need the grain
4. art, skill (when in the ablative)

   Synonyms: opera, ars, artificium

5. (Ecclesiastical Latin) work (of God), deed, (miraculous) work
6. (in adverbial phrases) extent

Usage notes

The sense of "need" is used only in the nominative and accusative singulars.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

Note: see opera for descendants of the plural form.

Borrowings:

References

• “opus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “opus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• opus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• opus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432

Portuguese

Verb

opus

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of opor

Romanian

Etymology 1

Past participle of opune (based on pus, past participle of pune).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpus/
• Rhymes: -us

Adjective

opus m or n (feminine singular opusă, masculine plural opuși, feminine and neuter plural opuse)

1. opposite, contrary
2. reverse

Declension

Noun

opus

1. the opposite, contrary
2. reverse

Synonyms

• contrar

Participle

opus

1. past participle of opune

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin opus. Compare also the inherited doublet op, as well as operă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.pus/

Noun

opus n (plural opusuri)

1. opus, musical composition or work

Source: wiktionary.org