fresco
Syllables: fre·sco/ˈfɹɛskəʊ/US/ˈfɹɛskoʊ/
fresco noun: a cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
Noun
fresco (countable and uncountable, plural frescos or frescoes or (rare, Italianate) freschi)
- A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
- […] I [Satan] cannot ſtay
Flaring in ſun-ſhine all the day:
For, entre nous, we helliſh ſprites,
Love more the freſco of the nights; […]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
- An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
- The technique used to make such an artwork.
Verb
fresco (third-person singular simple present frescoes, present participle frescoing, simple past and past participle frescoed)
- To paint using fresco.
fresco meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
fresco in Hindi
- फ्रेस्को
fresco in Tamil
- ஸ்திரசித்திரம்
fresco in Marathi
- फ्रेस्को, फ्रेस्कोला
fresco in Bengali
- ফ্রেস্কো, ফ্রেস্কোর কাছে
More languagesFewer languages
- fresco in Telugu
- ఫ్రెస్కో, ఫ్రేస్కో, ఫ్రెస్కోకు
- fresco in Malayalam
- ഫ്രെസ്കോ, ഫ്രെസ്ക്കോ, ഫ്രെസ്കോയിലേക്ക്
- fresco in Kannada
- ಫ್ರೆಸ್ಕೋ, ಫ್ರೆಸ್ಕೊ, ಫ್ರೆಸ್ಕೋಕ್ಕೆ
- fresco in Punjabi
- ਫਰੈਸਕੋ, ਫਰੈੱਸਕੋ
- fresco in Gujarati
- ફ્રેસ્કો
- fresco in Odia
- ଫ୍ରେସ୍କୋ, ଫ୍ରେସ୍କୋ |, ଫ୍ରେସ୍କୋକୁ
- fresco in Nepali
- फ्रेस्को गर्न
- fresco in Malay
- fresko
Examples of fresco in a sentence
- She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
- Michelangelo was a very ambidextrous artist, producing sculptures and frescoes with equal ability.
- Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.
Forms of fresco
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | frescos |
| plural | frescoes |
| plural error-unknown-tag (rare) | freschi |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | frescoes |
| present participle | frescoing |
| past participle | frescoed |
| past | frescoed |
Origin of fresco
From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.
Words formed from fresco
Phrases with fresco
Questions about fresco
- What does fresco mean?
- Fresco means a cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
- What is fresco in Hindi?
- Fresco in Hindi is फ्रेस्को. See Fresco meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fresco?
- Fresco can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fresco?
- Fresco is pronounced /ˈfɹɛskoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of fresco?
- The plural of fresco is frescos.
Words near fresco in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fresco (page history and authors); fresco (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fresco (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fresco (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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