libretto
English
/lɪˈbɹɛt.əʊ/, /lɪˈbɹɛt.oʊ/
noun
Definitions
- The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera.
- A book containing such a text.
Etymology
Derived from Italian libretto (booklet) derived from Latin liber (book, bark, bast, free).
Origin
Latin
liber
Gloss
book, bark, bast, free
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
本
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- delibration English
- liberform English
- librettistic English
- libro- English
- -ellus Latin
- delibro Latin
- libellus Latin
- liber Latin
- librarium Latin
- librarius Latin
- libriger Latin
- Format German
- libercolo Italian
- librettino Italian
- librettista Italian
- libretto Italian
- libro Italian
- libretto Dutch, Flemish
- libre French
- libro- French
- либретто Russian
- libro Spanish, Castilian
- libretto Norwegian Bokmål
- livreto Portuguese
- libretto Polish
- libretto Norwegian Nynorsk
- libre Old French
- liber Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- libro Ido
- lebor Old Irish
- libër Albanian
- libro Old Spanish
- liburu Basque
- livre Bourguignon
- libberu Sardinian
- leîbaro Istriot
- loeber Old Latin
- libro Mirandese
- live Picard