"librettist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: librettists [plural]
Etymology: From libretto + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|libretto|ist}} libretto + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} librettist (plural librettists)
  1. The person who writes a libretto. Wikipedia link: Libretto Translations (person who writes a libretto): լիբրետիստ (libretist) (Armenian), лібрэты́ст (libretýst) [masculine] (Belarusian), лібрэты́стка (libretýstka) [feminine] (Belarusian), либрети́ст (libretíst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), либрети́стка (libretístka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), libretista [masculine] (Czech), libretistka [feminine] (Czech), librettist [masculine] (Dutch), librettiste [masculine] (French), libretista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ლიბრეტისტი (libreṭisṭi) (Georgian), Librettist [masculine] (German), Librettistin [feminine] (German), libretisto (Ido), librettista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), либреттошы (librettoşy) (Kazakh), libretists [masculine] (Latvian), libretiste [feminine] (Latvian), либрети́ст (libretíst) [masculine] (Macedonian), либрети́стка (libretístka) [feminine] (Macedonian), librettist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), librettist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), librecista [masculine] (Polish), librecistka [feminine] (Polish), libretista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), libretist [masculine] (Romanian), libretistă [feminine] (Romanian), либретти́ст (librettíst) [masculine] (Russian), либретти́стка (librettístka) [feminine] (Russian), libretista [masculine] (Slovak), libretistka [feminine] (Slovak), libretista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), либреттонавис (librettonavis) (Tajik), либретточы (librettoçı) (Tatar), librettoçy (Turkmen), лібрети́ст (libretýst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), лібрети́стка (libretýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "librecista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "librecistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libretista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libretist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libretistă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "librettíst",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "либретти́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "librettístka",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "либретти́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libretista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libretistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libretista"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "librettonavis",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "word": "либреттонавис"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "librettoçı",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "word": "либретточы"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "word": "librettoçy"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "libretýst",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лібрети́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "libretýstka",
      "sense": "person who writes a libretto",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лібрети́стка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "librettist"
}

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