fresco
pronunciation
How to pronounce fresco in British English:
UK [ˈfreskəʊ]
How to pronounce fresco in American English:
US [ˈfreskoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
- a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
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- Verb:
- paint onto wet plaster on a wall
Word Origin
- fresco (n.)
- 1590s, in fresco, literally "in fresh," with a sense of "painted on fresh mortar or plaster," from Italian fresco "cool, fresh," as a noun "coolness, fresh air," from Old High German frisc, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (see fresh (adj.1)). As a verb from 1849. Related: Frescoed. In 17c.-18c. it also could mean "coolness, shade."
Example
- 1. That 'd be great if it was actually a fresco .
- 2. Which fresco were they going to find in the sistine chapel ?
- 3. Fresco con pan de oro en la iglesia de san dimitrija en skopje , macedonia .
- 4. Unless you want your fresco to have the shelf life of a banksy painting , the wet plaster is as important to the equation as the paint .
- 5. He turned and began to walk through his house , stopping to look at a fresco and admire his treasure .