commedia dell'arte
An early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of…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.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Unadapted borrowing from Italian commedia dell'arte (literally “comedy of the art”).Unadapted borrowing from Italian commedia dell'arte (literally “comedy of the art”).
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Forms
plural: commedie dell'arte / commedias dell'arte| Singular | commedia dell'arte |
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| Plural | commedie dell'arte / commedias dell'arte |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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