soap-opera
91opera — a drama sung, 1640s, from It. opera, lit. a work, from L. opera work, effort (Latin plural regarded as feminine singular), secondary (abstract) noun from operari to work, from opus (gen. operis) a work (see OPUS (Cf. opus)). Defined in Elson s… …
92soap — opéra [ sopɔpera ] n. m. • 1981; mot angl. , de soap « savon » et opera, ces feuilletons étant à l origine produits par les lessiviers ♦ Anglic. Feuilleton télévisé populaire, tourné rapidement. Les soap opéras. Abrév. fam. SOAP . Les soaps… …
93Soap (disambiguation) — Soap is a surfactant cleaning compound used for personal or minor cleaning. Soap may also mean:* Any fatty acid salt, which may have cleaning, lubricant, anticaking, cosmetic, or other uses * Detergent, a substance with soap like properties *… …
94soap operas — Soap operas, also called soaps, are amongst the most popular television programmes. They are stories about the lives of ordinary people that are broadcast, usually in half hour episodes, three times or more each week. Episodes broadcast during… …
95Soap — 〈[ soʊp] f. 10; Radio, TV; umg.; kurz für〉 Soapopera * * * Soap [soʊp ], die; , s: Kurzf. von ↑ Soap Opera. * * * SOAP [Abk. für Simple …
96soap — (izg. sòup) m DEFINICIJA publ. žarg. sapunska opera (TV serija itd.), vrlo razvučena melodramska tvorevina, s mnogo iskonstruiranih zapleta i raspleta koji na duže vrijeme zaokupljanju široko gledateljstvo; trakavica, sapunica ETIMOLOGIJA engl.… …
97soap — [sōp] n. [ME sope < OE sape, akin to Ger seife < Gmc * saipo < IE base * seib , to trickle, run out > L sebum, tallow] 1. a substance used with water to produce suds for washing or cleaning: soaps are usually sodium or potassium salts …
98soap — ► NOUN 1) a substance used with water for washing and cleaning, made of natural oils or fats combined with an alkali, and typically perfumed. 2) informal a soap opera. ► VERB ▪ wash with soap. DERIVATIVES soapless adjective. ORIGIN Old English …
99soap — s.f.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} accorc. → soap opera …
100soap-op|er|at|ic — «SOHP OP uh RAT ihk», adjective. U.S. of or like a soap opera …
