commedia dell'arte

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian commedia dell'arte (literally “comedy of the art”).

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

form of Italian theatre

• Italian: commedia dell'arte f
• Spanish: comedia del arte f

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