"libretto" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪˈbɹɛt.əʊ/ [UK], /lɪˈbɹɛt.oʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-libretto.ogg Forms: librettos [plural], libretti [plural]
Etymology: From Italian libretto, diminutive of libro (“book”), from Latin liber (“book”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|it|libretto}} Italian libretto, {{der|en|la|liber||book}} Latin liber (“book”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|libretti}} libretto (plural librettos or libretti)
  1. The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera. Translations (text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera): լիբրետո (libreto) (Armenian), лібрэ́та (libréta) [neuter] (Belarusian), либре́то (libréto) [neuter] (Bulgarian), llibret [masculine] (Catalan), 歌詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 歌词 (gēcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 唱詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 唱词 (chàngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), libreto [neuter] (Czech), libretto [neuter] (Dutch), libretto (Finnish), livret [masculine] (French), ლიბრეტო (libreṭo) (Georgian), Libretto [neuter] (German), λιμπρέτο (limpréto) [neuter] (Greek), librettó (Hungarian), szövegkönyv (Hungarian), libreto (Ido), libretto [masculine] (Italian), リブレット (riburetto) (Japanese), 리브레토 (ribeureto) (Korean), libretto [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), libretto [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), لیبرتو (libreto) (Persian), libretto [neuter] (Polish), libreto [masculine] (Portuguese), livreto [masculine] (Portuguese), либре́тто (librétto) (Russian), libreto [masculine] (Spanish), лібре́то (libréto) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A book containing such a text. Translations (book containing such a text): լիբրետո (libreto) (Armenian), лібрэ́та (libréta) [neuter] (Belarusian), либре́то (libréto) [neuter] (Bulgarian), llibret [masculine] (Catalan), 唱本 (chàngběn) (Chinese Mandarin), libreto [neuter] (Czech), libretto [neuter] (Dutch), libretto (Finnish), livret [masculine] (French), ლიბრეტო (libreṭo) (Georgian), Libretto [neuter] (German), λιμπρέτο (limpréto) [neuter] (Greek), szövegkönyv (Hungarian), libreto (Ido), libretto [masculine] (Italian), 台本 (daihon) (alt: だいほん) (Japanese), リブレット (riburetto) (Japanese), 대본 (daebon) (alt: 臺本) (Korean), 리브레토 (ribeureto) (Korean), либре́то (libréto) [neuter] (Macedonian), libretto [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), libretto [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), لیبرتو (libreto) (Persian), libretto [neuter] (Polish), libreto [masculine] (Portuguese), livreto [masculine] (Portuguese), либре́тто (librétto) [neuter] (Russian), лібре́то (libréto) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-libretto-en-noun-4dmuyY57 Disambiguation of 'book containing such a text': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: librettist, librettistics

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