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Meaning of fresco in English
Pronunciation
/ˈfrɛskoʊ/
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Verb
fresco
Definitions
1.
paint onto wet plaster on a wall
Noun
fresco
Etymology
late 16th century: Italian, literally ‘cool, fresh’. The word was first recorded in English in the phrase in fresco, representing Italian affresco, al fresco‘on the fresh (plaster)’
Definitions
1.
a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
2.
a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster