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.
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Librettist
Synonyms for "librettist" (88 found)
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Related words (44)
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Translations
37 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- լիբրետիստ noun (person who writes a libretto)
Belarusian
2 entries- лібрэты́ст noun (person who writes a libretto)
- лібрэты́стка noun (person who writes a libretto)
Bulgarian
2 entries- либрети́ст noun (person who writes a libretto)
- либрети́стка noun (person who writes a libretto)
Czech
2 entries- libretista noun (person who writes a libretto)
- libretistka noun (person who writes a libretto)
Dutch
1 entries- librettist noun (person who writes a libretto)
French
1 entries- librettiste noun (person who writes a libretto)
Galician
1 entries- libretista noun (person who writes a libretto)
Georgian
1 entries- ლიბრეტისტი noun (person who writes a libretto)
German
2 entries- Librettist noun (person who writes a libretto)
- Librettistin noun (person who writes a libretto)
Ido
1 entries- libretisto noun (person who writes a libretto)
Italian
1 entries- librettista noun (person who writes a libretto)
Kazakh
1 entries- либреттошы noun (person who writes a libretto)
Latvian
2 entries- libretiste noun (person who writes a libretto)
- libretists noun (person who writes a libretto)
Macedonian
2 entries- либрети́ст noun (person who writes a libretto)
- либрети́стка noun (person who writes a libretto)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- librettist noun (person who writes a libretto)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- librettist noun (person who writes a libretto)
Polish
2 entries- librecista noun (person who writes a libretto)
- librecistka noun (person who writes a libretto)
Portuguese
1 entries- libretista noun (person who writes a libretto)
Romanian
2 entries- libretist noun (person who writes a libretto)
- libretistă noun (person who writes a libretto)
Russian
2 entries- либретти́ст noun (person who writes a libretto)
- либретти́стка noun (person who writes a libretto)
Slovak
2 entries- libretista noun (person who writes a libretto)
- libretistka noun (person who writes a libretto)
Spanish
1 entries- libretista noun (person who writes a libretto)
Tajik
1 entries- либреттонавис noun (person who writes a libretto)
Tatar
1 entries- либретточы noun (person who writes a libretto)
Turkmen
1 entries- librettoçy noun (person who writes a libretto)
Ukrainian
2 entries- лібрети́ст noun (person who writes a libretto)
- лібрети́стка noun (person who writes a libretto)
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