libretto

noun
🔊/lɪˈbretəʊ/
🔊/lɪˈbretəʊ/
(plural librettos, libretti
🔊/lɪˈbretiː/
🔊/lɪˈbretiː/
)
(music音乐, from Italian)
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  1. the words that are sung or spoken in an opera or a musical play(歌剧或音乐剧的)唱词,歌词
    • The collection contains hundreds of Italian opera librettos.该选集收录了数百个意大利歌剧剧本。
    Topics Musicc2
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of libro ‘book’, from Latin liber.