ouverture

ouverture c (singular definite ouverturen, plural indefinite ouverturer)

1. (music) overture

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

From Old French overture, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture, a borrowing. Compare Catalan obertura.

• IPA^(key): /u.vɛʁ.tyʁ/

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• Rhymes: -yʁ
• Homophone: ouvertures

ouverture f (plural ouvertures)

1. opening

   Antonym: fermeture

2. (music) overture

• apéritif
• aperture
• ouvert
• ouvrir
• couverture

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

Borrowed from French ouverture, Old French overture, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of apertura, a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /u.verˈtyr/[1]
• Hyphenation: ou‧ver‧tu‧re

ouverture f (invariable)

1. (music) overture

   Synonyms: introduzione, (music) preludio

   Antonym: (music) coda

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

From French ouverture.

ouverture m (definite singular ouverturen, indefinite plural ouverturer, definite plural ouverturene)

1. (music, also by extension) an overture

Also spelt overtyre, but this is not an officially recognised spelling.

• “ouverture” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French ouverture.

ouverture m (definite singular ouverturen, indefinite plural ouverturar, definite plural ouverturane)

1. (music, also by extension) an overture

As for Bokmål.

• “ouverture” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.