opera bouffe

1. 1.

   opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken

   Synonymscomic operabouffeopera comique

   Broaderopera

   Narroweroperetta

Questions about opera bouffe

What does opera bouffe mean?

opera bouffe means "opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken".

What is another word for opera bouffe?

Close synonyms include comic opera, bouffe, opera comique. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is opera bouffe a common word?

opera bouffe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.