| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tre·cen·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr -ch n t |
| NOUN: | The 14th century, especially with reference to Italian art and literature. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from (mil) trecento, (one thousand) three hundred : tre, three (from Latin tr s; see trei- in Appendix I) + cento, hundred (from Latin centum; see dek in Appendix I).
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