libretto

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• UK: /lɪˈbɹɛt.əʊ/
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• rhymes with -ɛtəʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: L AH0 B R EH1 T OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Italian libretto, diminutive of libro (“book”), from Latin liber (“book”).

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: լիբրետո (libreto) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Belarusian: лібрэ́та (libréta) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Bulgarian: либре́то (libréto) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Catalan: llibret — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Chinese Mandarin: 歌詞 /歌词 (gēcí) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Chinese Mandarin: 唱詞 /唱词 (chàngcí) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Czech: libreto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Dutch: libretto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Finnish: libretto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• French: livret — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Georgian: ლიბრეტო (libreṭo) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• German: Libretto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Greek: λιμπρέτο (limpréto) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Hungarian: librettó — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Hungarian: szövegkönyv — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Ido: libreto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Italian: libretto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Japanese: リブレット (riburetto) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Korean: 리브레토 (ribeureto) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Norwegian Bokmål: libretto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Norwegian Nynorsk: libretto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Persian: لیبرتو (libreto) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Polish: libretto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Portuguese: libreto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Portuguese: livreto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Russian: либре́тто (librétto) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Spanish: libreto — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Ukrainian: лібре́то (libréto) — text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera
• Armenian: լիբրետո (libreto) — book containing such a text
• Belarusian: лібрэ́та (libréta) — book containing such a text
• Bulgarian: либре́то (libréto) — book containing such a text
• Catalan: llibret — book containing such a text
• Chinese Mandarin: 唱本 (chàngběn) — book containing such a text
• Czech: libreto — book containing such a text
• Dutch: libretto — book containing such a text
• Finnish: libretto — book containing such a text
• French: livret — book containing such a text
• Georgian: ლიბრეტო (libreṭo) — book containing such a text
• German: Libretto — book containing such a text
• Greek: λιμπρέτο (limpréto) — book containing such a text
• Hungarian: szövegkönyv — book containing such a text
• Ido: libreto — book containing such a text
• Italian: libretto — book containing such a text
• Japanese: 台本 (daihon) — book containing such a text
• Japanese: リブレット (riburetto) — book containing such a text
• Korean: 대본 (daebon) — book containing such a text
• Korean: 리브레토 (ribeureto) — book containing such a text
• Macedonian: либре́то (libréto) — book containing such a text
• Norwegian Bokmål: libretto — book containing such a text
• Norwegian Nynorsk: libretto — book containing such a text
• Persian: لیبرتو (libreto) — book containing such a text
• Polish: libretto — book containing such a text
• Portuguese: libreto — book containing such a text
• Portuguese: livreto — book containing such a text
• Russian: либре́тто (librétto) — book containing such a text
• Ukrainian: лібре́то (libréto) — book containing such a text