obertura

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan obertura, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra (compare Occitan obertura~dobertura, French ouverture), alteration of Latin apertūra (compare Spanish abertura). By surface analysis, obert + -ura. Doublet of the borrowed form apertura. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development or borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [u.βərˈtu.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.bərˈtu.ɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [o.beɾˈtu.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

obertura f (plural obertures)

  1. opening
  2. (music) overture
  3. (optics) aperture

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouverture. Doublet of abertura and apertura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obeɾˈtuɾa/ [o.β̞eɾˈt̪u.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: o‧ber‧tu‧ra

Noun

obertura f (plural oberturas)

  1. (music) opening, overture

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