LIBRETTO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: libretti   

 I. (noun) 

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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