Petrarchan

English

Alternative forms

• Petrarchian (uncommon)

Etymology

Petrarch +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈtɹɑːkən/, enPR: pĭ-trärʹkən
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɛˈtɹɑɹkən/, /piˈtɹɑɹkən/, enPR: pĕ-trärʹkən, pē-trärʹkən
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kən
• Hyphenation: Pe‧trarch‧an

Adjective

Petrarchan (comparative more Petrarchan, superlative most Petrarchan)

1. Of or relating to Francesco Petrarch, a renowned Renaissance Italian humanist.

Derived terms

• Petrarchan sonnet
• Petrarchanism

Translations

of or relating to Petrarch

• Catalan: petrarquesc
• Dutch: Petrarcaans
• Finnish: petrarcalainen
• French: pétrarquien (fr)
• German: petrarkist
• Greek: πετραρχικός (el) (petrarchikós)
• Hungarian: petrarcai
• Italian: petrarchesco (it)
• Macedonian: петраркистички (petrarkistički)
• Romanian: petrarchesc
• Russian: петрарки́стский (petrarkístskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: петраркѝстичкӣ

  Roman: petrarkìstičkī (sh)

• Spanish: petrarquesco