quattrocento
pronunciation
How to pronounce quattrocento in British English:
UK [ˌkwɑ:trəʊ'tʃentəʊ]
How to pronounce quattrocento in American English:
US [ˌkwɑtroʊ'tʃentoʊ]
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- Noun:
- the 15th century in Italian art and literature
Word Origin
- quattrocento (n.)
- "the fifteenth century as a period in art and architecture," 1847, from Italian quattrocento, literally "four hundred," short for mille quattrocento "one thousand four hundred," in reference to a period beginning in "1400;" see four + hundred.
Example
- 1. The telling is not all the work of the quattrocento .