cinquecento

American  

[ching-kwi-chen-toh] / ˌtʃɪŋ kwɪˈtʃɛn toʊ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. the 16th century, with reference to Italy, especially to the Italian art or literature of that period.

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cinquecento British  

/ ˌtʃɪŋkwɪˈtʃɛntəʊ /

noun

1. the 16th century, esp in reference to Italian art, architecture, or literature

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Other Word Forms

• cinquecentism noun
• cinquecentist noun

Etymology

Origin of cinquecento

1750–60; < Italian, short for mil cinque cento 1500, used for period a.d. 1500–99

Example Sentences

The square in front of the Termini station is called the Piazza dei Cinquecento, or the Piazza of the Five Hundred, also in honor of the same fallen Italian soldiers in Dogali, which is in present-day Eritrea.

From New York Times

If you’d asked me which I’d most like to take for a spin, I wouldn’t say no to the Jag but I think I’d rather have the little Fiat Cinquecento: just enough Italian style to impress the passers-by in Midtown, but small enough to park between restaurant plywood sheds.

From New York Times

In a Josquin des Prez program on Monday, for example, the Renaissance specialists Cinquecento were an adequate replacement for the Tallis Scholars, but never as unforgettable as other performers in similar repertoire, such as La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hespèrion XXI under the ever-elegant conductor Jordi Savall the next evening.

From New York Times

FCA will start producing a full electric version of its Cinquecento mini car in Mirafiori by the second quarter of next year.

From Reuters

The current design retains some details from the Cinquecento Fiats that I remember from my youth, when they were ubiquitous on Italian streets and not uncommon in America.

From Los Angeles Times