different between rocket vs libretto

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???k?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???k?t/
• Rhymes: -?k?t

Etymology 1

From Italian rocchetta, from Old Italian rochetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminutive of rocca (“a distaff”), from Lombardic rocko, rukka (“spinning wheel”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”). Cognate with Old High German rocco, rocko, roccho, rocho ("a distaff"; > German Rocken (“a distaff”)), Swedish rock (“a distaff”), Icelandic rokkur (“a distaff”), Middle English rocke (“a distaff”). More at rock?.

Noun

rocket (plural rockets)

1. A rocket engine.
2. (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
3. A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
4. A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
5. (slang) An ace (the playing card).
6. (military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
   • 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance,^[1] Dutton, ?ISBN, page 203,

     While [Colonel Robert] Solborg and [Jacques] Lemaigre[-Dubreuil] were dreaming of revolts, [William Joseph “Wild Bill”] Donovan had learned of Solborg’s insubordination and meddling. He sent him a “rocket” ordering him out of North Africa and back to Lisbon at once. Solborg flew to Lisbon and then on to Washington to face out his problem with Donovan.

7. A blunt lance head used in jousting.
8. (figuratively) Something that shoots high in the air.
9. (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
   • 2014, Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Morna Pearson, Contemporary Scottish Plays

     Why were the Luddites named efter Ned Ludd? A wee rocket. A wee fucken fairy bampot. A pure hooligan, smashing stuff up. A ned. Ned Ludd.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ICBM

References

• Watkins, Calvert (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots 2nd edn., p. 72, s.v. ruk-. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ?ISBN.
• Weisenberg, Michael (2000). The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN.
• “rocket” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Verb

rocket (third-person singular simple present rockets, present participle rocketing, simple past and past participle rocketed)

1. To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
2. To fly vertically
3. To rise or soar rapidly
4. To carry something in a rocket
5. To attack something with rockets

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca. Cognate to arugula.

Noun

rocket (uncountable)

1. The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
2. rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis)

Synonyms

• (US) arugula
• rocket salad

Derived terms

• wild rocket, perennial wall rocket, sand rocket, white rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
• London rocket (Sisymbrium irio)
• dame's rocket, sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
• blue rocket (Aconitum)
• dyer's rocket, bastard rocket (Reseda)
• yellowrocket, rocketcress, winter rocket, wound rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)

Translations

English

Etymology

From Italian libretto, diminutive of libro (“book”), from Latin liber (“book”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??b??t.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /l??b??t.o?/

Noun

libretto (plural librettos or libretti)

1. The text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera.
2. A book containing such a text.

Related terms

• librettist
• librettistics

Translations

Anagrams

• blottier

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian libretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?br?.to?/
• Hyphenation: li?bret?to

Noun

libretto n (plural libretto's or libretti, diminutive librettootje n)

1. (music) libretto

Finnish

Noun

libretto

1. book, libretto (script of a musical)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

libro (“book”) +? -etto (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?bret.to/

Noun

libretto m (plural libretti)

1. booklet

Derived terms

• libretto degli assegni
• libretto di circolazione
• libretto di lavoro
• libretto di risparmio
• libretto universitario

Further reading

• libretto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian libretto, from libro

Noun

libretto m (definite singular librettoen, indefinite plural librettoer, definite plural librettoene)

1. (music) a libretto

Related terms

• librettist

References

• “libretto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “libretto” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian libretto, from libro

Noun

libretto m (definite singular librettoen, indefinite plural librettoar, definite plural librettoane)

1. (music) a libretto

Related terms

• librettist

References

• “libretto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Italian libretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?i?br?t.t?/

Noun

libretto n

1. (music) libretto (text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera)

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) librecista, librecistka

Further reading

• libretto in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• libretto in Polish dictionaries at PWN