Dictionary

librettist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English libretto Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.

Meanings

1. The person who writes a libretto.
   • 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. 2002 January 3, Richard Traubner, “Mozart's Singspiel”, in Playbill:

Forms

Translations (38)

be лібрэты́стка (person who writes a libretto) · mk либрети́ст (person who writes a libretto) · tt либретточы (person who writes a libretto) · nb librettist (person who writes a libretto) · pl librecista (person who writes a libretto) · hy լիբրետիստ (person who writes a libretto) · ka ლიბრეტისტი (person who writes a libretto) · mk либрети́стка (person who writes a libretto) · ro libretistă (person who writes a libretto) · cs libretista (person who writes a libretto) · gl libretista (person who writes a libretto) · lv libretists (person who writes a libretto) · lv libretiste (person who writes a libretto) · be лібрэты́ст (person who writes a libretto) · ru либретти́ст (person who writes a libretto) · pl librecistka (person who writes a libretto) · es libretista (person who writes a libretto) · nn librettist (person who writes a libretto) · sk libretista (person who writes a libretto) · ro libretist (person who writes a libretto) · de Librettistin (person who writes a libretto) · uk лібрети́стка (person who writes a libretto) · fi libretisti (person who writes a libretto) · cs libretistka (person who writes a libretto) · it librettista (person who writes a libretto) · tg либреттонавис (person who writes a libretto) · bg либрети́ст (person who writes a libretto) · pt libretista (person who writes a libretto) · kk либреттошы (person who writes a libretto) · de Librettist (person who writes a libretto) · fr librettiste (person who writes a libretto) · ru либретти́стка (person who writes a libretto) · sk libretistka (person who writes a libretto) · nl librettist (person who writes a libretto) · uk лібрети́ст (person who writes a libretto) · bg либрети́стка (person who writes a libretto) · tk librettoçy (person who writes a libretto) · io libretisto (person who writes a libretto)