stucco

See also: stuccò

English

Etymology

Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌkəʊ

Noun

stucco (plural stuccoes or stuccos)

1. A plaster that is used to coat (interior or) exterior walls, or used for mouldings.
2. Work made of stucco; stuccowork.

Synonyms

• render, plaster

Derived terms

• stuccowork

Translations

a plaster that is used to coat interior or exterior wall

• Azerbaijani: suvaq, mala
• Bulgarian: външна мазилка f (vǎnšna mazilka)
• Catalan: estuc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灰泥 (zh) (huīní), 石膏 (zh) (shígāo)

• Dutch: stuc (nl), pleisterkalk (nl)
• Finnish: stukko (fi)
• French: stuc (fr) m
• Galician: estuque m
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• German: Putz (de) m, Wandputz m, Putzmörtel m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κονίαμα n (koníama)

• Hungarian: stukkó, díszvakolat, vakolat (hu), gipszvakolat
• Japanese: 化粧しっくい (けしょうしっくい, keshō-shikkui)
• Latin: tectōrium n, (white) albarium n
• Russian: штукату́рка (ru) f (štukatúrka)
• Spanish: estuco (es)
• Turkish: stuko, stük, stükko, stüko, ustuka

work made of stucco; stuccowork

• German: Stuck (de) m, Stuckarbeit f, Stuckatur f
• Hungarian: stukkó
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• Spanish: estucado (es) m
• Turkish: stuko, stük, stükko, stüko, ustuka

Verb

stucco (third-person singular simple present stuccos or stuccoes, present participle stuccoing, simple past and past participle stuccoed)

1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with stucco.

Synonyms

• render, plaster

Translations

(transitive) To coat or decorate with stucco

• Bulgarian: измазвам (izmazvam)
• Hungarian: stukkóz
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• Russian: штукатурить (ru) (štukaturitʹ)

Anagrams

• Succot, succot

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Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian stucco, borrowed from Lombardic stucki, stucchi, stuhhi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stick, beam, stump”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”), English stitch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstuk.ko/
• Rhymes: -ukko
• Hyphenation: stùc‧co

Noun

stucco m (plural stucchi)

1. stucco

Derived terms

• di stucco

Descendants

• → English: stucco
• → Spanish: estuco
• → French: stuc
  • → Portuguese: estuque
• → German: Stuck

Verb

stucco

1. first-person singular present indicative of stuccare