Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commedia dell'arte

/kəˈmeɪdiə dɛl ˈɑː(ɹ)teɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: com-me-di-a del-l'arte
IPA: /kəˈmeɪdiə dɛl ˈɑː(ɹ)teɪ/

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of masks, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian commedia dell'arte (literally “comedy of the art”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

commedie dell'arte (plural) commedias dell'arte (plural)

Synonyms

commedia

Questions

How do you pronounce commedia dell'arte?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈmeɪdiə dɛl ˈɑː(ɹ)teɪ/.
What does commedia dell'arte mean?: An early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of masks, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
Where does commedia dell'arte come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Italian commedia dell'arte (literally “comedy of the art”).

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