opus

Other forms of opus

plural

opuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about opus

What does opus mean?

opus means "a musical work that has been created".

How many syllables are in opus?

opus has 2 syllables: o-pus. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊpəs/.

What is another word for opus?

Close synonyms include musical composition, composition, piece, piece of music. 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 opus a common word?

opus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.