Cellini

American  

[chuh-lee-nee, chel-lee-nee] / tʃəˈli ni, tʃɛlˈli ni /

noun

1. Benvenuto 1500–71, Italian, metalsmith, sculptor, and autobiographer.

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Cellini British  

/ tʃɛlˈliːni, tʃɪˈliːnɪ /

noun

1. Benvenuto (benveˈnuːto). 1500–71, Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver, noted also for his autobiography

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Example Sentences

The "Salt Cellar", a golden sculpture made by Florentine artist Benvenuto Cellini in 1543 for King of France Francis I, disappeared from Vienna's Museum of Fine Arts at dawn on May 12, 2003.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Cellini believes that Black Americans aren’t the only ones who want or need to know the full story.

From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023

“Fred was the most naturally talented person I’ve ever worked with on television,” Vince Cellini, who in 1998 became Mr. Hickman’s partner on “Sports Tonight,” said in a phone interview.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

“Students still do spend time and money,” said Stephanie Cellini, professor of public policy and economics at George Washington University and co-author of the research analysis that found most undergraduate certificate programs don’t pay off.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2022

The country of Benvenuto Cellini has lost the gift of the arts with that of freedom; and the manufactures with which Venice used to pay for the merchandise of the East are no more.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various