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commedia

commedia is the ellipsis of commedia dell'arte.

Meaning of commedia dell'arte

Noun

commedia dell'arte (countable and uncountable, plural commedie dell'arte or commedias dell'arte)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    commedia

Forms of commedia

pluralcommedias

Phrases with commedia

Questions about commedia

What is commedia the ellipsis of?
Commedia is the ellipsis of commedia dell'arte.

Words near commedia in the dictionary

  1. commeasurate
  2. commeasure
  3. commeasured
  4. commeasures
  5. commeasuring
  6. commedia
  7. commedia dell'arte
  8. commedias
  9. commedias dell'arte
  10. commedie dell'arte
  11. commelinaceous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: commedia (page history and authors); commedia dell'arte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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