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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CINQUECENTO

Cin `que *cen "to, n. & a. Etym: [It. , five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 15 .]

 

Defn: The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cinquecento

cin que cen to |ˌCHiNGkwiˈCHentō ˈˌsɪŋkwəˈtʃɛnˌtoʊ | noun (the cinquecento ) the 16th century as a period of Italian art, architecture, or literature, with a reversion to classical forms. ORIGIN Italian, literally 500 (shortened from milcinquecento 1500 ) used with reference to the years 1500 –99.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cinquecento

cinquecento |ˌtʃɪŋkwɪˈtʃɛntəʊ | noun (the cinquecento ) the 16th century as a period of Italian art, architecture, or literature, with a reversion to classical forms. ORIGIN Italian, literally 500 (shortened from milcinquecento 1500 ) used with reference to the years 1500 –99.

 

Duden Dictionary

Cinquecento

Cin que cen to Substantiv, Neutrum Kunstwissenschaft , das |Cinquec e nto t͜ʃɪŋkvəˈt͜ʃɛnto |das Cinquecento; Genitiv: des Cinquecento [s ] italienisch cinquecento = 16. Jahrhundert, kurz für: mille cinquecento = 1500 Kultur und Kunst des 16. Jahrhunderts in Italien

 

Spanish Dictionary

cinquecento

cinquecento nombre masculino Siglo xvi italiano; referido especialmente a la cultura .Se pronuncia ‘chincuechento ’.