operetta

noun
🔊/ˌɒpəˈretə/
🔊/ˌɑːpəˈretə/
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  1. a short opera, usually with a humorous subject轻歌剧;小歌剧
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of opera, from Latin, literally ‘labour, work’.