libretto
French, noun\li.bʁɛ.to\
libretto is spelled L-I-B-R-E-T-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libretto is a French masculine noun meaning “libretto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Paroles d’une partition, par opposition à la musique”.
What does libretto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelibretto
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paroles d’une partition, par opposition à la musique. 2. Explication d’une pantomime ou d’un ballet.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of libretto
- librettos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce libretto?
- \li.bʁɛ.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is libretto in French?
libretto appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).