frisco

See also: Frisco

English

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of frisk (“brisk and lively movement”) +‎ Italian fresco.

Noun

frisco (plural friscos or friscoes)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of frisk (“brisk and lively movement”)

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfriʃk]

Adjective

frisco (feminine singular fresca, masculine plural frischi, feminine plural fresche)

1. fresh
2. cool

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1038: “fresca; fresco” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “frisco”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano