/ˈɔfənˌbɑk, ˈɒfən-; for 1 also French ɔfɛnˈbak; for 2 also German ˈɔfənˌbɑx/Show Spelled[aw-fuhn-bahk, of-uhn-; for 1 also French aw-fen-bak; for 2 also Germanawf-uhn-bahkh]Show IPA
Jacques (ʒɑk). 1819--80, German-born French composer of many operettas, including Orpheus in the Underworld (1858), and of the opera The Tales of Hoffmann (1881)