Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cinquecento

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: cin-que-cen-to
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sixteenth-century (1500s).

name

The sixteenth century (1500s).

Example Sentences

"a cinquecento painting"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe Latin cīnque Italian cinque Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Italian cento Italian cinquecentobor. English cinquecento Borrowed from Italian cinquecento.

Inflected Forms

the cinquecento (canonical)

Questions

What does cinquecento mean?: Sixteenth-century (1500s).
Where does cinquecento come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe Latin cīnque Italian cinque Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Italian cento Italian cinquecentobor. English cinquecento Borrowed from Italian cinquecento.

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