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Definition of libretto noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

libretto

noun
 
/lɪˈbretəʊ/
 
/lɪˈbretəʊ/
(plural librettos, libretti
 
/lɪˈbretiː/
 
/lɪˈbretiː/
)
(music, from Italian)
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  1. the words that are sung or spoken in an opera or a musical play
    • The collection contains hundreds of Italian opera librettos.
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    Topics Musicc2
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of libro ‘book’, from Latin liber.
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