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LIBRETTO (libretti)
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Irregular inflected form: libretti
Dictionary entry overview: What does libretto mean?
• LIBRETTO (noun)
The noun LIBRETTO has 1 sense:
1. the words of an opera or musical play
Familiarity information: LIBRETTO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The words of an opera or musical play
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("libretto" is a kind of...):
book; playscript; script (a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance)
Derivation:
librettist (author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta)
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