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li·bret·to 
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Audio Help [li-bret-oh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -bret·tos, -bret·ti
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Audio Help [-bret-ee] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition. |
| 2. | a book or booklet containing such a text. |
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libretto
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n. pl. li·bret·tos or li·bret·ti (-brět'ē)
[Italian, diminutive of libro, book, from Latin liber, libr-.] |
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libretto
(pl. libretti), 1742, from It. libretto, dim. of libro "book," from L. liber (gen. libri), see library.
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| libretto | |
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| the words of an opera or musical play |
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Libretto
Li*bret"to\ (l[i^]*br[e^]t"t[-o]; It. l[-e]*br[asl]t"t[-o]), n.; pl. E. Librettos (-t[=o]z), It. Libretti (-t[-e]). [It., dim. of libro book, L. liber. See Libel.] (Mus.) (a) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. (b) The words themselves.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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