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English and Swedish Translation Search Results for overture

Summary

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overture:
- ouvertyr
Wiktionary:
- overture → ouvertyr, ouvertur

English

Detailed Translations for overture from English to Swedish

overture:

overture [the ~] noun

the overture
ouvertyr
- ouvertyr [-en] noun

Translation Matrix for overture:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
ouvertyr	overture
-	advance; approach; feeler; preliminary; prelude

Related Words for "overture":

overtures

Synonyms for "overture":

music
preliminary; prelude; origin; origination; inception
advance; approach; feeler; suggestion; proposition; proffer

Related Definitions for "overture":

orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio¹
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others¹
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows¹
- drinks were the overture to dinner¹

Wiktionary Translations for overture:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• overture	→ ouvertyr	↔ ouverture — een meestal instrumentaal muziekstuk dat als opening fungeert van een opera of operette
• overture	→ ouvertur	↔ Ouvertüre — instrumentales Einleitungsstück einer Oper, das üblicherweise bei noch geschlossenem Vorhang gespielt wird und oft die wichtigsten musikalischen Gedanken des Werkes bereits vorab zusammenfassend vorstellt

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