quattrocento

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/ˌkwɑtɹəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ/

noun

The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.

OriginItalian quattrocento →
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Meanings

nounquattrocento (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.

Origin

  1. Italianquattrocento“four hundred”
  2. Englishquattrocento

From Italian quattrocento (“four hundred”).

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Translations

Dutch quattrocento
  • quattrocentofifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period
Hungarian quattrocento
  • quattrocentofifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period
Russian кватроченто
  • кватроченто (kvatročento)fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period
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Chicago

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