The Meaning of "Novecento" in Italian

Dear Everyone:

What is the original meaning of the word, "novecento", in Italian?

I know that "Novecento" is the original title of a 1976 film directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, and in the English language, the film is known
as "1900".

My first guess of its original meaning was "new hundred", or "new
century", but The Babel Fish translates it into "The 1900's". Is the
word used only to refer to the 20th century?

Thank you for reading and replying!

--Roland

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Dear Everyone:

What is the original meaning of the word, "novecento", in Italian?

I know that "Novecento" is the original title of a 1976 film directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, and in the English language, the film is known
as "1900".

My first guess of its original meaning was "new hundred", or "new
century", but The Babel Fish translates it into "The 1900's". Is the
word used only to refer to the 20th century?

Yes, that's a way they refer to the centuries from 1200 to 2000 in
Italian. Il cinquecento = the 16th century, etc.

On Jun 4, 10:25*pm, Harlan Messinger
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Dear Everyone:

What is the original meaning of the word, "novecento", in Italian?

I know that "Novecento" is the original title of a 1976 film directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, and in the English language, the film is known
as "1900".

My first guess of its original meaning was "new hundred", or "new
century", but The Babel Fish translates it into "The 1900's". Is the
word used only to refer to the 20th century?

Yes, that's a way they refer to the centuries from 1200 to 2000 in
Italian. Il cinquecento = the 16th century, etc.

Thank you very much for the answer!

So is "diecicento" for the 2000s? Then what are the names for 1100's
and 2100's in Italian?

--Roland

On Jun 4, 10:25*pm, Harlan Messinger
wrote:
wrote:
Dear Everyone:

What is the original meaning of the word, "novecento", in Italian?

I know that "Novecento" is the original title of a 1976 film directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, and in the English language, the film is known
as "1900".

My first guess of its original meaning was "new hundred", or "new
century", but The Babel Fish translates it into "The 1900's". Is the
word used only to refer to the 20th century?

Yes, that's a way they refer to the centuries from 1200 to 2000 in
Italian. Il cinquecento = the 16th century, etc.

The cinquecento is the 1500s, ottocento = 1800s, etc. They match the
number to the hundreds-number, so novecento is the "900s," not "new
hundred."

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On Jun 4, 10:25 pm, Harlan Messinger
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Dear Everyone:
What is the original meaning of the word, "novecento", in Italian?
I know that "Novecento" is the original title of a 1976 film directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, and in the English language, the film is known
as "1900".
My first guess of its original meaning was "new hundred", or "new
century", but The Babel Fish translates it into "The 1900's". Is the
word used only to refer to the 20th century?
Yes, that's a way they refer to the centuries from 1200 to 2000 in
Italian. Il cinquecento = the 16th century, etc.

Thank you very much for the answer!

So is "diecicento" for the 2000s? Then what are the names for 1100's
and 2100's in Italian?

--Roland
As I said, the above is *a* way to refer to the centuries in that
particular range--it's an alternative way of naming them. They also
refer to all the centuries the way we do--XVI secolo, etc.

grammatim wrote:
On Jun 4, 10:25 pm, Harlan Messinger
wrote:
wrote:
Dear Everyone:
What is the original meaning of the word, "novecento", in Italian?
I know that "Novecento" is the original title of a 1976 film directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, and in the English language, the film is known
as "1900".
My first guess of its original meaning was "new hundred", or "new
century", but The Babel Fish translates it into "The 1900's". Is the
word used only to refer to the 20th century?
Yes, that's a way they refer to the centuries from 1200 to 2000 in
Italian. Il cinquecento = the 16th century, etc.

The cinquecento is the 1500s,

(That's what I said, give or take a year.)

ottocento = 1800s, etc. They match the
number to the hundreds-number, so novecento is the "900s," not "new
hundred."

1900s.

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On Jun 4, 10:25 pm, Harlan Messinger
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Dear Everyone:

What is the original meaning of the word, "novecento", in Italian?

I know that "Novecento" is the original title of a 1976 film directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, and in the English language, the film is known
as "1900".

My first guess of its original meaning was "new hundred", or "new
century", but The Babel Fish translates it into "The 1900's". Is the
word used only to refer to the 20th century?

Yes, that's a way they refer to the centuries from 1200 to 2000 in
Italian. Il cinquecento = the 16th century, etc.

|:The cinquecento is the 1500s, ottocento = 1800s, etc. They match the
|:number to the hundreds-number, so novecento is the "900s," not "new
|:hundred."

If cinquecento = the 1500s, and ottocento = 1800s, then how are the 500s
and the 800s expressed?
(Although you said that novecento is the 900s, I think you meant the 1900s,
although to me it would seem that it actually should be the 900s.)

Wouldn't the 1500s be the "quindicicento" and the 1800s be the "diciotto"?

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Dear Everyone:

What is the original meaning of the word, "novecento", in Italian?

I know that "Novecento" is the original title of a 1976 film directed
by Bernardo Bertolucci, and in the English language, the film is known
as "1900".

My first guess of its original meaning was "new hundred", or "new
century", but The Babel Fish translates it into "The 1900's". Is the
word used only to refer to the 20th century?

Thank you for reading and replying!

--Roland

Out of curiosity, Roland, I just now checked out Babelfish and novecento was
translated to "nine hundred". Wonder how you got a different result?

On Jun 4, 11:51*pm, "alan" wrote:
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Out of curiosity, Roland, I just now checked out Babelfish and novecento was
translated to "nine hundred". *Wonder how you got a different result?

Good question! I just tried it again. It turned out that "Novecento"---
with upper-case of N---is translated into "The 1900's", but the lower-
case version ("novecento") is translated into "nine hundred".

--Roland

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On Jun 4, 11:51 pm, "alan" wrote:
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Out of curiosity, Roland, I just now checked out Babelfish and novecento
was
translated to "nine hundred". Wonder how you got a different result?

|Good question! I just tried it again. It turned out that "Novecento"---
|with upper-case of N---is translated into "The 1900's", but the lower-
|case version ("novecento") is translated into "nine hundred".

|--Roland

Yes, I see --- interesting. I wonder how the Italians would express "the
900's"?