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The person who writes a libretto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
Narrower terms: Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert
Etymology tree English libretto Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English librettist From libretto + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
լիբրետիստ
(libretist)
— person who writes a libretto
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Belarusian:
лібрэты́ст
(libretýst)
— person who writes a libretto
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Belarusian:
лібрэты́стка
(libretýstka)
— person who writes a libretto
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Bulgarian:
либрети́ст
(libretíst)
— person who writes a libretto
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Bulgarian:
либрети́стка
(libretístka)
— person who writes a libretto
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Czech:
libretista
— person who writes a libretto
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Czech:
libretistka
— person who writes a libretto
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Dutch:
librettist
— person who writes a libretto
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French:
librettiste
— person who writes a libretto
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Galician:
libretista
— person who writes a libretto
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Georgian:
ლიბრეტისტი
(libreṭisṭi)
— person who writes a libretto
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German:
Librettist
— person who writes a libretto
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German:
Librettistin
— person who writes a libretto
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Ido:
libretisto
— person who writes a libretto
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Italian:
librettista
— person who writes a libretto
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Kazakh:
либреттошы
(librettoşy)
— person who writes a libretto
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Latvian:
libretists
— person who writes a libretto
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Latvian:
libretiste
— person who writes a libretto
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Macedonian:
либрети́ст
(libretíst)
— person who writes a libretto
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Macedonian:
либрети́стка
(libretístka)
— person who writes a libretto
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Norwegian Bokmål:
librettist
— person who writes a libretto
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
librettist
— person who writes a libretto
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Polish:
librecista
— person who writes a libretto
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Polish:
librecistka
— person who writes a libretto
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Portuguese:
libretista
— person who writes a libretto
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Romanian:
libretist
— person who writes a libretto
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Romanian:
libretistă
— person who writes a libretto
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Russian:
либретти́ст
(librettíst)
— person who writes a libretto
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Russian:
либретти́стка
(librettístka)
— person who writes a libretto
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Slovak:
libretista
— person who writes a libretto
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Slovak:
libretistka
— person who writes a libretto
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Spanish:
libretista
— person who writes a libretto
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Tajik:
либреттонавис
(librettonavis)
— person who writes a libretto
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Tatar:
либретточы
(librettoçı)
— person who writes a libretto
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Turkmen:
librettoçy
— person who writes a libretto
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Ukrainian:
лібрети́ст
(libretýst)
— person who writes a libretto
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Ukrainian:
лібрети́стка
(libretýstka)
— person who writes a libretto