librettist

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word librettist. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word librettist, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say librettist in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word librettist you have here. The definition of the word librettist will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflibrettist, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From libretto +‎ -ist.

Noun

librettist (plural librettists)

  1. The person who writes a libretto.
    • 2002 March 1, Richard Traubner, “Mozart's Singspiel”, in Playbill‎:
      It was secondhand‹make that fourth- or fifthhand. This was from an era before any kind of copyright, when librettists were almost expected to steal from other works.

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French librettiste or Italian librettista.

Noun

librettist m (definite singular librettisten, indefinite plural librettister, definite plural librettistene)

  1. (music) a librettist

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French librettiste or Italian librettista.

Noun

librettist m (definite singular librettisten, indefinite plural librettistar, definite plural librettistane)

  1. (music) a librettist

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia