librettist

English

Etymology

libretto +‎ -ist

Noun

librettist (plural librettists)

The person who writes a libretto.
- 2002 March 1, Richard Traubner, “Mozart's Singspiel”, in Playbill‎:
  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)

(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)

(music) a librettist

Related terms

libretto

References

“librettist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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