secco

See also: seccò

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.

Adjective

secco (not comparable)

1. (art) dry

   Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.

2. (music) dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance

Noun

secco (plural seccos)

1. (art) A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
   • 1987, James Black, Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts, page 289:

     The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […]

References

• “secco”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Clipping of section commander +‎ -o.

Noun

secco (plural seccos)

1. (Australia, military) Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian secco (literally “dry”), from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

Noun

secco (plural secco-secco)

1. (art) secco: A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco

Further reading

• “secco”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsek.ko/
• Rhymes: -ekko
• Hyphenation: séc‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

Adjective

secco (feminine secca, masculine plural secchi, feminine plural secche, diminutive secchìno or secchétto)

1. dry

   Synonym: asciutto

   Antonym: bagnato

2. dried

   Synonym: disseccato

3. thin

   Synonyms: magro, snello

   Antonym: grasso

4. sharp

   Synonyms: brusco, asciutto

5. (card games) being the only ones of their suit in a players hand (of cards)

   asso secco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   asso e cavallo secchi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

secco m (plural secchi)

1. dryland
2. dryness
3. drought

   Synonym: siccità

4. residual waste

   Synonyms: indifferenziato, rifiuti indifferenziati, indifferenziata

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

secco

1. first-person singular present indicative of seccare

Related terms

• secca
• seccaggine
• seccamente
• seccare
• secchezza
• seccume
• siccità

Anagrams

• Cesco, cosce

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

secco (feminine secca, masculine plural seccos, feminine plural seccas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of seco

Etymology 2

Verb

secco

1. first-person singular present indicative of seccar