commedia dell'arte

English

Etymology

From Italian commedia dell'arte.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈmeɪdiə dɛl ˈɑː(ɹ)teɪ/

Noun

commedia dell'arte (countable and uncountable, plural commedie dell'arte or commedias dell'arte)

  1. (theater) An early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of masks, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
    Synonym: commedia

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /komˈmɛ.dja delˈlar.te/

Noun

commedia dell'arte f (plural commedie dell'arte)

  1. commedia dell'arte

Descendants
  • → English: commedia dell'arte
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