Visitors ask...How do you pronounce "Opus Dei?"
When visitors ask once, it is by chance. When they ask twice, it is by coincidence. When they ask three times, it is by design. Opus Dei. The word "opus" is from the Latin: opus -eris n. [ work , labor; work done, a finished work ; a building; a literary work or a work of art]. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary gives its pronunciation here . Pronunciation: \ ˈ ō-pəs\ Deus is the Latin word for God and Dei is the genitive case (of God). It would be pronounced: \ ˈ Dā- E ˈ ō -pes Dā - ˈ E, the Work of God...