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ottocento

eight hundred

noun oh-toh-CHEN-toh Rare
Time Time Expressions

Origin: From otto (eight) + cento (hundred), from Latin octo + centum.

Also means

the nineteenth century

Usage Note

Ottocento as a noun (always masculine, capitalized as l'Ottocento) refers to the 1800s — the nineteenth century — in Italian cultural and historical discourse. As a numeral it simply means 800. Italian centuries are named this way: Settecento (1700s), Ottocento (1800s), Novecento (1900s).

Examples

"L'Ottocento fu il secolo del Risorgimento."

Natural Translation

The nineteenth century was the century of the Risorgimento.

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