ouverture

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

• IPA^(key): /uːvərˈtjʉːr(ə)/
• Rhymes: -ʉːr, -ʉːrə

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

• “ouverture” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ouverture” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouverture.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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

• IPA^(key): /u.vɛʁ.tyʁ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -yʁ
• Homophone: ouvertures

Noun

ouverture f (plural ouvertures)

1. opening

   Antonym: fermeture

2. (music) overture

Derived terms

• demi d’ouverture
• ouverture d’esprit

 

Related terms

• apéritif
• aperture
• couverture
• ouvert
• ouvrir

 

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: увертюра (uvertjura)
• → Danish: ouverture
• → Dutch: ouverture
• → English: ouverture
• → German: Ouvertüre
• → Greek: ουβερτούρα (ouvertoúra)
• → Italian: ouverture
• → Macedonian: уверти́ра (uvertíra)
• → Norwegian: ouverture
• → Persian: اوورتور (uvertur)
• → Polish: uwertura
• → Romanian: uvertură
• → Russian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)
  • → Azerbaijani: uvertüra
  • → Kazakh: увертюра (uvertüra)
  • → Kyrgyz: увертюра (uvertyura)
  • → Turkmen: uwertýura
  • → Uzbek: uvertyura
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: увертира
  • Latin script: uvertira
• → Swedish: ouvertyr
• → Turkish: uvertür
• → Ukrainian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)

Further reading

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

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/
• Hyphenation: ou‧ver‧tu‧re

Noun

ouverture f (invariable)

1. (music) overture

   Synonyms: introduzione, (music) preludio

   Antonym: (music) coda

Related terms

• aperitivo
• apertura
• aperto
• aprire
• copertura
• chiusura
• coprire
• chiudere

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• “ouverture” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

• “ouverture” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.