fresco

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English

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A fresco in Toledo, Spain.

Etymology

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From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.

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fresco (countable and uncountable, plural frescos or frescoes or (rare, Italianate) freschi)

  1. (countable) A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
    • a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “Hans Carvel”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior [], volume I, London: [] W[illiam] Strahan, [], published 1779, →OCLC, page 124:
      [] I [Satan] cannot ſtay
      Flaring in ſun-ſhine all the day:
      For, entre nous, we helliſh ſprites,
      Love more the freſco of the nights; []
  2. (countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
  3. (uncountable, painting) The technique used to make such an artwork.

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To paint using fresco.

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Asturian

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Adjective

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fresco

  1. neuter of frescu

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of vers and fris.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fres‧co

Noun

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fresco n (plural fresco's, diminutive frescootje n)

  1. fresco

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese fresco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

Fresco, as a painting technique, was taken from Italian fresco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾesko/ [ˈfɾes̺.kʊ]
  • Rhymes: -esko
  • Hyphenation: fres‧co

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

  1. (uncountable) cool moderate or refreshing state of cold
  2. (uncountable, feminine) cool in the morning or in the evening (during the summer)
  3. (painting) fresco
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Adjective

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

  1. fresh, recent, young, rested
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 657:
      Et cada dia, depoys que esto fezo, parouse sua cara et seu corpo mays fresco
      And every day, after doing this, his face and his body were younger
    • 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 350:
      E non enperqua o "septe rogo", que se borrou estando fresquo, que paresçe que foy raydo
      and [whoever reads this text] don't mistrust the "septe rogo", because it faded when fresh, although it looks as it was deleted
  2. untransformed, not artificiality preserved (meat, fish)
    • 1291, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 79:
      La quartillos de salgada et xx quartillos de fresca [...] et disso que da fresca marmara iiii quartillos ao salgar
      50 quarters of salted [fish] and 20 quarters of fresh [fish] [...] and he said that the fresh one diminished 4 quarter after salting
  3. cool (temperature)
  4. impertinent

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Interlingua

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Noun

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fresco (plural frescos)

  1. fresco (painting)

Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

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fresco (feminine fresca, masculine plural freschi, feminine plural fresche, superlative freschissimo)

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

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  • Dalmatian: fresc (probably)

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fresco m (plural freschi)

  1. coolness, freshness, cool
  2. light wool material
  3. (informal) cooler (prison)
    stare al frescoto be in the cooler

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -esku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃku
  • Hyphenation: fres‧co

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

  1. fresh (new or clean)
  2. (of plant material) fresh (of produce, not from storage)
  3. cool (having a slightly low temperature)
  4. (slang) fussy (tending to complain about petty details)
  5. (slang, derogatory) effeminate; fruity
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Noun

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

  1. (slang) fusser
  2. (slang, derogatory) effeminate

Etymology 2

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from Italian fresco.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -esku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃku
  • Hyphenation: fres‧co

Noun

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fresco m (plural frescos)

  1. (painting, chiefly Portugal) fresco
    Synonym: afresco

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛsku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃku
  • Hyphenation: fres‧co

Verb

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fresco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of frescar

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:fresco.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

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

  1. fresh
  2. cool (temperature)
    Synonym: frío
  3. cheeky
    Synonym: insolente

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Noun

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fresco m (plural frescos)

  1. (weather) strong breeze
  2. fresco (painting)
  3. (Bolivia, Central America, Ecuador, Peru) soda, soft drink
    Synonyms: gaseosa, refresco, chesco, bebida

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