A majority of two thirds is required to ratify an overture.
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Overture
//ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ//
Synonyms for "overture" (59 found)
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15 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِفْتِتَاحِيَّة noun (musical introduction)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- uvertüra noun (musical introduction)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предложение noun (approach)
- увертюра noun (musical introduction)
Catalan
1 entries- obertura noun (musical introduction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 序曲 noun (musical introduction)
Czech
1 entries- předehra noun (musical introduction)
Danish
1 entries- ouverture noun (musical introduction)
Dutch
1 entries- voorstel noun (approach)
Estonian
2 entries- avamäng noun (musical introduction)
- uvertüür noun (musical introduction)
Finnish
3 entries- alkusoitto noun (musical introduction)
- avaus noun (approach)
- tunnustelu noun (approach)
French
1 entries- ouverture noun (musical introduction)
German
4 entries- Angebot noun (approach)
- Annäherungsversuch noun (approach)
- Offerte noun (approach)
- Ouvertüre noun (musical introduction)
Greek
4 entries- διάβημα noun (approach)
- εισαγωγή noun (musical introduction)
- ουβερτούρα noun (musical introduction)
- προοίμιο noun (musical introduction)
Hungarian
1 entries- nyitány noun (musical introduction)
Interlingua
1 entries- overtura noun (musical introduction)
Italian
3 entries- introduzione noun (musical introduction)
- ouverture noun (musical introduction)
- preludio noun (musical introduction)
Japanese
1 entries- 序曲 noun (musical introduction)
Kazakh
1 entries- увертюра noun (musical introduction)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- увертюра noun (musical introduction)
Macedonian
2 entries- пре́длог noun (approach)
- уверти́ра noun (musical introduction)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ouverture noun (approach)
- ouverture noun (musical introduction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ouverture noun (approach)
- ouverture noun (musical introduction)
Persian
2 entries- اوورتور noun (musical introduction)
- پیشنوا noun (musical introduction)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väaschlach noun (approach)
Polish
1 entries- uwertura noun (musical introduction)
Portuguese
1 entries- abertura noun (musical introduction)
Romanian
1 entries- uvertură noun (musical introduction)
Russian
3 entries- инициати́ва noun (approach)
- предложе́ние noun (approach)
- увертю́ра noun (musical introduction)
Slovene
1 entries- uvertura noun (musical introduction)
Spanish
1 entries- obertura noun (musical introduction)
Swedish
4 entries- ouvertyr noun (approach)
- ouvertyr noun (musical introduction)
- uvertyr noun (approach)
- uvertyr noun (musical introduction)
Tagalog
2 entries- obertura noun (musical introduction)
- pasakalye noun (musical introduction)
Turkish
1 entries- uvertür noun (musical introduction)
Turkmen
1 entries- uwertýura noun (musical introduction)
Ukrainian
1 entries- увертю́ра noun (musical introduction)
Uzbek
1 entries- uvertyura noun (musical introduction)
Yiddish
1 entries- אוּווערטור noun (musical introduction)
Sample sentences
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The overture contains all of the main themes.
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In his 1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky used the melody of the Marseillaise as the theme for the French invasion.
Source: tatoeba (10519926)
c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes the cave's inmost overture
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