quat·tro·cen·to (kw t r -ch n t)n. The 15th-century period of Italian art and literature. [Italian, short for (mil) quattrocento, one thousand four hundred : quattro, four (from Latin quattuor; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots) + cento, hundred (from Latin centum; see dek  in Indo-European roots).] |
quattrocento [ˌkwætrəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ (Italian) kwattroˈtʃɛnto]
n
(Historical Terms) the 15th century, esp in reference to Renaissance Italian art and literature
[Italian, shortened from milquattrocento 1400]
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| Noun | 1. | quattrocento - the 15th century in Italian art and literature century - a period of 100 years Renaissance, Renascence - the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries |
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