fresco

English

A fresco in Toledo, Spain.

Etymology

From Italian fresco, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, whence also English fresh.

Noun

fresco (plural frescos or frescoes)

1. (uncountable) In painting, the technique of applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
2. (countable) A painting made using this technique.
3. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.

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Translations

technique

• Dutch: fresco (nl)
• French: fresque (fr) f
• German: Freskomalerei (de) f
• Greek: νωπογραφία (el) (nopografía) f
• Hungarian: freskó (hu)
• Italian: affresco (it) m

• Macedonian: фреска (mk) (fréska) f
• Portuguese: afresco (pt) m
• Romanian: frescă (ro) f
• Russian: фреска (ru) (fréska) f
• Spanish: fresco (es) m

painting made using this technique

• Czech: freska (cs) f
• Danish: freske (da) c, fresko (da) c, freskomaleri (da) n
• Dutch: fresco (nl)
• French: fresque (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრესკა (ka) (p’reska)
• German: Fresko (de) n, Freske (de) f
• Greek: νωπογραφία (el) (nopografía) f
• Hungarian: freskó (hu)

• Italian: affresco (it) m
• Macedonian: фреска (mk) (fréska) f
• Portuguese: afresco m
• Romanian: frescă (ro) f
• Russian: фреска (ru) (fréska) f
• Spanish: fresco (es) m
• Turkish: fresk (tr)

Verb

fresco (third-person singular simple present frescoes, present participle frescoing, simple past and past participle frescoed)

1. To paint using fresco

Translations

to paint using fresco

• Italian: affrescare (it)

• Macedonian: фрескосува (mk) (freskósuva), живописува (mk) (živopísuva)

See also

• al fresco
• Fresco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• corfes, forces

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Dutch

Noun

fresco n (plural fresco's, diminutive frescootje)

1. fresco

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfreː.sko/, X-SAMPA: /"fre:.sko/

Etymology

From Germanic *frisk, Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preisk-.

Adjective

fresco m (f fresca, m plural freschi, f plural, fresche)

1. fresh
2. cool
3. wet, fresh (of paint)

Antonyms

• asciutto (3)

Noun

fresco m (plural freschi)

1. coolness, freshness, cool
2. light wool material
3. cooler (informal for prison)

   stare al fresco - to be in the cooler

Related terms

• affrescare
• al fresco
• frescura

Antonyms

• caldo

Anagrams

• scrofe

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Spanish

Etymology

From Germanic *frisk, Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preisk-.

Adjective

fresco m (feminine fresca, masculine plural frescos, feminine plural frescas)

1. fresh
2. cool (temperature)
3. cheeky

Synonyms

• (cheeky): insolente

Noun

fresco m (plural frescos)

1. strong breeze
2. fresco (painting)

Related terms

• al fresco (adverb)
• frescachón
• frescura
• fresquito
• refrescar