Dante
pronunciation
How to pronounce Dante in British English:
UK ['dæntɪ]
How to pronounce Dante in American English:
US ['dæntɪ]
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- Noun:
- an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
Word Origin
- Dante
- masc. proper name, most modern uses outside Italy ultimately are in reference to Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321), the great poet; the name is a shortening of Latin Durante, from durare "harden, endure" (see endure).
Example
- 1. Not even a dante could have stopped that .
- 2. Some woman puts dante through hell .
- 3. Dante 's infemo is ringside nowadays .
- 4. Dan brown will survive . Would dante ?
- 5. Dante is said to have used it as the landscape for his hell .