Complete Definition of "fresco"

Image:Pantocrator en Mezquita Toledo.jpg|thumb|right|A fresco in Toledo, Spain.
English

Noun
fresco (countable and uncountable; plural frescoes or frescos)

  1. uncountable In painting, the technique of applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
  2. countable A painting made using this technique.

Translations
trans-top|technique
Dutch: fresco
Italian: affresco m
trans-mid
Portuguese: afresco m
Spanish: fresco m
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trans-top|painting made using this technique
Danish: freske c, fresko c, freskomaleri n
Dutch: fresco
German: Fresko n
Italian: affresco m
trans-mid
Portuguese: afresco m
Spanish: fresco m
trans-bottom

See also
al fresco
w:Fresco|Wikipedia article on frescoes

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals


Dutch

Noun
fresco

  1. fresco

Italian

Adjective
it-adj|fresc|o|a|hi|he

  1. fresh
  2. cool
  3. wet, fresh (of paint)

Antonyms
asciutto (3)

Noun
it-noun|fresc|m|o|hi

  1. coolness, freshness, cool
  2. light wool material
  3. cooler (informal for prison)

#:stare al fresco - to be in the cooler

Related terms
al fresco
frescura

Antonyms
caldo


Spanish

Adjective
es-adj|feminine=fresca

  1. fresh
  2. cool (temperature)
  3. cheeky

Related terms
frescura
refrescar

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