[kwah-troh-chen-toh; It. kwaht-traw-chen-taw] 
) | the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time. |
| quat·tro·cen·to (kwŏt'rō-chěn'tō) n. The 15th-century period of Italian art and literature. [Italian, short for (mil) quattrocento, one thousand four hundred : quattro, four (from Latin quattuor; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots) + cento, hundred (from Latin centum; see dek  in Indo-European roots).] |