gesso
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian gesso. Doublet of gypsum. Compare Portuguese gesso (“gypsum; plaster, cast”) and Spanish yeso (“gypsum; plaster, cast”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgesso (usually uncountable, plural gessos or gessoes)
- A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting.
- 1994, Timothy Noad, Patricia Seligman, The Illuminated Alphabet, The Quarto Group (Chartwell Books), 2017, page 27,
- The combination of leaf gold and gesso is almost miraculous. No photographic reproduction can adequately show the brilliant effect of raised gesso.
- 1999, Altoon Sultan, The Luminous Brush, Watson-Guptill, page 37:
- To make the gesso, you need a chalk and a glue. During the Renaissance, gesso was made with gypsum, which is calcium sulphate. Terra Alba, available from art suppliers today, is a natural gypsum that makes a bright white gesso.
- 2007, Robin Cormack, Icons, The British Museum Press, Harvard University Press, page 33,
- The idea was that this would serve as a binder for the layer of gesso or at least might help to prevent the painting from instantly cracking apart if the wood split at any time.
- 1994, Timothy Noad, Patricia Seligman, The Illuminated Alphabet, The Quarto Group (Chartwell Books), 2017, page 27,
- A work of art done in gesso.
Usage notes
edit- Confusion arises from the fact that the Italian gesso is often translated as chalk, which in English is ambiguous and can be interpreted either as the mineral calcium carbonate or, in a more faithful translation, as calcium sulfate (gypsum; the "chalk" used to mark blackboards). In fact, both materials appear to have been used, historically.
- In 1955, a water-based acrylic gesso was developed comprised of calcium carbonate, the pigment titanium white (titanium dioxide) and an acrylic polymer medium. Modern acrylic gessos come in a variety of materials and mixtures, including coloured pigments, combined with the acrylic polymer base.
Derived terms
edit- gesso duro
- gesso grosso (“rough first layer of gesso”)
- gesso sottile (“finer second or subsequent layer”)
Translations
editmixture of plaster of Paris and glue
Further reading
edit- "What is Gesso?", Rebecca E. Parsons, The Graphics Fairy
- "gesso", on Britannica.com
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgesso
- gesso (mixture of plaster of Paris and glue)
Declension
editInflection of gesso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | gesso | gessot | |
genitive | gesson | gessojen | |
partitive | gessoa | gessoja | |
illative | gessoon | gessoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | gesso | gessot | |
accusative | nom. | gesso | gessot |
gen. | gesson | ||
genitive | gesson | gessojen | |
partitive | gessoa | gessoja | |
inessive | gessossa | gessoissa | |
elative | gessosta | gessoista | |
illative | gessoon | gessoihin | |
adessive | gessolla | gessoilla | |
ablative | gessolta | gessoilta | |
allative | gessolle | gessoille | |
essive | gessona | gessoina | |
translative | gessoksi | gessoiksi | |
abessive | gessotta | gessoitta | |
instructive | — | gessoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “gesso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgesso m (plural gessi)
Derived terms
edit- gesso
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: gesso
References
edit- ^ gesso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
edit- gesso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin gypsum (“gypsum”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of giz, borrowed through Arabic.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ges‧so
Noun
editgesso m (plural gessos)
- gypsum (mineral)
- Synonym: gipsita
- plaster (substance used for coating walls and ceilings)
- Synonym: estuque
- cast (device to help mend broken bones)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
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- Rhymes:Finnish/esːo
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- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish valo-type nominals
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