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alfresco

/ælˈfɹɛs.koʊ/

alfresco adjective: outdoor, open to the atmosphere.

Adjective

alfresco (not comparable)

  1. Outdoor, open to the atmosphere.
    • The walking district features many alfresco cafés.

Adverb

alfresco (not comparable)

  1. Outdoors; in fresh air.
    • As it was a sunny afternoon, we decided to dine alfresco on the patio.
    • We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […]2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN
  2. Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.

alfresco meaning in Kannada

alfresco in Kannada

ಬಯಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಮನೆಯಹೊರಗಡೆ

Forms of alfresco

alternative adverb especiallyal fresco
alternative adjectiveal-fresco

Origin of alfresco

From Italian al fresco. Compare Spanish al fresco.

Words formed from alfresco

Questions about alfresco

What does alfresco mean?
Alfresco means outdoor, open to the atmosphere.
What is alfresco in Kannada?
Alfresco in Kannada is ಬಯಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಮನೆಯಹೊರಗಡೆ. See Alfresco meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is alfresco?
Alfresco can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce alfresco?
Alfresco is pronounced /ælˈfɹɛs.koʊ/ (US).

Words near alfresco in the dictionary

  1. Alfredian
  2. alfredo
  3. alfredos
  4. Alfredton
  5. Alfredtown
  6. alfresco
  7. Alfreton
  8. Alfrey
  9. Alfreys
  10. Alfridaries
  11. Alfridary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alfresco (page history and authors); alfresco (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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