librettist

English

Etymology

libretto +‎ -ist

Noun

librettist (plural librettists)

1. The person who writes a libretto.
   • 2002 March 1, Richard Traubner, “Mozart's Singspiel”, in Playbill‎^[1]:

     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

person who writes a libretto

• Czech: libretista m
• Dutch: librettist (nl) m
• French: librettiste (fr) m
• German: Librettist (de) m, Librettistin (de) f
• Ido: libretisto (io)
• Italian: librettista (it) m or f
• Kazakh: либреттошы (librettoşy)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: librettist m

  Nynorsk: librettist m

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

Related terms

• libretto

References

• “librettist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “librettist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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

Related terms

• libretto

References

• “librettist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.