Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quattrocento

/ˌkwɑtɹəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
quat-tro-cen-to
IPA
/ˌkwɑtɹəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ/
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

From Italian quattrocento (“four hundred”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quattrocento

Usage

Derived Forms

quattrocentist

Questions

How do you pronounce quattrocento?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkwɑtɹəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ/.
What does quattrocento mean?
The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period.
Where does quattrocento come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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