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fresco

See also: Fresco

English edit

 
A fresco in Toledo, Spain.

Etymology edit

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

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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, 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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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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fresco

  1. neuter of frescu

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fres‧co

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

  1. fresco

Galician edit

Etymology edit

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.

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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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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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References edit

  • “fresco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “fresc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “fresco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “fresco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “fresco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


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Noun edit

fresco (plural frescos)

  1. fresco (painting)

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

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Adjective edit

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 fresco ― to be in the cooler

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Etymology 1 edit

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

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

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Borrowed from Italian fresco.

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

Noun edit

fresco m (plural frescos)

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

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Verb edit

fresco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of frescar

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:fresco.

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾesko/ [ˈfɾes.ko]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -esko
  • Syllabification: fres‧co

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

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

Noun edit

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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