[ching-kwi-chen-toh] 
) | the 16th century, with reference to Italy, esp. to the Italian art or literature of that period. |
| cin·que·cen·to (chĭng'kwĭ-chěn'tō) n. The 16th century, especially in Italian art and literature. [Italian, from (mil) cinquecento, (one thousand) five hundred : cinque, five (from Latin quīnque; see penkwe in Indo-European roots) + cento, hundred (from Latin centum; see dek  in Indo-European roots).] |