librèt

See also: libret

Romagnol

Etymology

Cognate with Italian libretto (“booklet”).

Noun

librèt m (plural librèt, second plural librètt)

1. diminutive of lìvar (“book”)
   • 1920, Olindo Guerrini, edited by Zanichelli, Sonetti romagnoli, published 1967:

     S'aví pazenzia d' lezer ste librett E ch'a sbrucheva i virs in rumagnol A i truvarí zinquanta e piò sunett Ch'av gudrí ch'a farí dal scapariol.

     If [you] are patient to read this book and you (can) understand the poetry in Romagnol you will find more than fifty sonnets that will entertain you more than to do capers.

2. notebook, opuscule

References

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 337