librettist

librettist

English

Etymology

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

    Noun

    librettist (plural librettists)

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

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology

    From French librettiste or Italian librettista.

    Noun

    librettist m (definite singular librettisten, indefinite plural librettister, definite plural librettistene)

    1. (music) a librettist

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology

    From French librettiste or Italian librettista.

    Noun

    librettist m (definite singular librettisten, indefinite plural librettistar, definite plural librettistane)

    1. (music) a librettist

    References

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