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Dante
" Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God."
Goldwin Smith

Meaning of "Dante" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DANTE

ˈdæntɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DANTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dante is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DANTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante, was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In Italy he is called il Sommo Poeta and il Poeta. He, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also called "the three fountains" and "the three crowns". Dante is also called "the Father of the Italian language".

Definition of Dante in the English dictionary

The definition of Dante in the dictionary is full name Dante Alighieri. 1265–1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia, an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova, in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DANTE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DANTE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE DANTE

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Synonyms and antonyms of Dante in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Dante» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of Dante to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Dante from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Dante» in English.
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但丁
1,325 millions of speakers
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Dante
570 millions of speakers
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Dante
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डांटे
380 millions of speakers
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دانتي
280 millions of speakers
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Данте
278 millions of speakers
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Dante
270 millions of speakers
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দান্তে
260 millions of speakers
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Dante
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Dante
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Dante
180 millions of speakers
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ダンテ
130 millions of speakers
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단테
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Dante
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Dante
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दांते
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Dante
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Dante
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Dante
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Данте
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Dante
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Dante
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Dante
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Dante
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Dante
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Dante

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9 QUOTES WITH «DANTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Dante.
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Brody Armstrong
Dante didn't work out, and then we found Ryan. He worked at a comic, record and toy store in Fremont.
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Frederick Henry Hedge
Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare.
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Ben Nicholson
The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.
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Carl Sandburg
Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.
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Francesca Lo Schiavo
There is no difficult moment working together because when we start a new project, Dante starts to make all the sketches and I can see the vision of the movie and then I start my job.
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Francesca Lo Schiavo
When I met Dante I didn't work in the movies, but I enjoyed so much the movies. I worked in interior design and when I met Dante, we tried to do something together.
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Cathleen Schine
In my stunted career as a scholar, I'd read promissory notes, papal bulls and guidelines for Inquisitorial interrogation. Dante, too. Boccaccio... But after 1400? Nihil.
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Goldwin Smith
Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God.
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Lytton Strachey
In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANTE»

Discover the use of Dante in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Dante and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paradiso:
The Italian and English texts of each canto are preceded by notes on their historical, mythological, and ethical implications
Dante Alighieri,, John D. Sinclair, 1961
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Inferno
Introduction and Notes by Anthony Oldcorn. Offers a bilingual text and features a new translation of the best known canticle of The Divine Comedy by the accomplished translator of Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
Dante Alighieri, Stanley Lombardo, 2009
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Dante: The Poetics of Conversion
With these essays assembled for the first time, we can nowsee Freccero's stature: he is the best contemporary critic of Dante. Freccero is that rarearticle, a critic of eclectic and not dogmaticpersuasion.
John Freccero, Rachel Jacoff, 1986
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Dante: Contemporary Perspectives
The essays in this volume probe current critical assumptions about the celebrated Italian poet, literary theorist, moral philosopher, political theorist.
Amilcare A. Iannucci, 1997
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents and his family that he has never asked before.
Benjamin Alire Saenz, 2012
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The Cambridge Companion to Dante
A fully updated new edition of this useful and accessible coursebook on Dante's works, context and reception history.
Rachel Jacoff, 2007
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Dante
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Catholic Truth Society in London, 1901.
Henry Sebastian Bowden, 1999
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Dante: The Critical Complex
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Richard H. Lansing, 2003
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Dante: De Vulgari Eloquentia
De vulgari eloquentia, written by Dante in the early years of the fourteenth century, is the only known work of medieval literary theory to have been produced by a practising poet, and the first to assert the intrinsic superiority of living ...
Dante Alighieri, Dante, Steven Botterill, 2005
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Dante Philomythes and Philosopher: Man in the Cosmos
This book is devoted to a full and lucid exposition of Boyde's ideas.
Patrick Boyde, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DANTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Dante is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dante Exum sprains ankle, to miss next NBA Summer League game
LOS ANGELES: Australian teenager Dante Exum has been ruled out of the Utah Jazz's next NBA Summer League game after spraining his ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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'General Hospital' Spoilers For July 9, 2015: Dante Decides To …
All is not well in Dante and Lulu's world. Dante decides that he will confess to Lulu. Check out the “General Hospital” spoilers for the episode ... «International Business Times AU, Jul 15»
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Kritika Online's New Female Character Is Sort Of Like Dante And …
The one above shows off combat footage, and actually makes Eclair look kind of like Dante and Vergil from DmC Devil May Cry. She has a ... «Siliconera, Jul 15»
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Laudato Si Reminds Me of Dante
243. At the end, we will find ourselves face to face with the infinite beauty of God (cf. 1 Cor 13:12), and be able to read with admiration and ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Dante's portrait displayed at the Uffizi Gallery
The portrait of Italian poet Dante Alighieri by Florentine painter Agnolo Bronzino is now on display at Florence's Uffizi Gallery in order to ... «L'Italo Americano, Jul 15»
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Ankle injury forces Dante Exum to sit out tonight's Jazz summer …
Utah's Dante Exum goes down in pain as he sprains his ankle as the Utah Jazz and the Boston Celtics play Monday, July 6, 2015, in Summer ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
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Toy Review Tuesday: Dante and Mashin Chaser Review
I may be out at SDCC but I still got Toy Review Tuesday locked on for you guys. So the Dante figure was supposed to be last weeks review but ... «Cinelinx, Jul 15»
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Rat Sound Fine-Tuned Music Experience at Coachella with Dante
USA – Rat Sound, a leading sound reinforcement specialist for the concert touring industry, integrated a Dante audio network from Audinate at ... «EtNow.com, Jul 15»
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Kansas State's Dante Barnett makes Bednarik Award watch list
Dante Barnett is one of 80 football players on the watch list for the Bednarik Award, given to the top defender in college, announced Tuesday. «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
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Dante Media Networking Drives Immersive 3D Audio Experiences at …
The Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech has turned to Audinate's technology to establish a robust, multichannel Dante ... «Audio Visual News Network, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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