fresco

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• General-American: /ˈfɹɛskoʊ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛskəʊ/
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• rhymes with (General American) -ɛskoʊ
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• rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɛskəʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: F R EH1 S K OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: muurskildery — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Afrikaans: fresko — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Armenian: որմնանկար (ormnankar) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Asturian: frescu — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Bulgarian: фреска (freska) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Catalan: fresc — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Chinese Mandarin: 濕壁畫 /湿壁画 (shībìhuà) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Czech: freska — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Danish: freske — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Danish: fresko — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Danish: freskomaleri — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Dutch: fresco — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Esperanto: fresko — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Finnish: fresko — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• French: fresque — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Galician: fresco — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Georgian: ფრესკა (presḳa) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• German: Fresko — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• German: Freske — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Greek: νωπογραφία (nopografía) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Hungarian: freskó — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Italian: affresco — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Japanese: フレスコ (furesuko) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Korean: 프레스코 (peureseuko) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Latvian: freska — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Macedonian: фре́ска (fréska) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Norwegian Bokmål: fresko — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fresko — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Polish: fresk — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Polish: al fresco — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Portuguese: afresco — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Romanian: frescă — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Russian: фре́ска (fréska) — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Slovak: fresko — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Spanish: fresco — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Spanish: pintura al fresco — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Swedish: fresk — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Swedish: freskomålning — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Turkish: fresk — artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster
• Armenian: որմնանկարչություն (ormnankarčʻutʻyun) — technique used to make such an artwork
• Asturian: frescu — technique used to make such an artwork
• Bulgarian: фреско (fresko) — technique used to make such an artwork
• Catalan: fresc — technique used to make such an artwork
• Dutch: fresco — technique used to make such an artwork
• Finnish: fresko — technique used to make such an artwork
• French: fresque — technique used to make such an artwork
• Galician: fresco — technique used to make such an artwork
• German: Freskomalerei — technique used to make such an artwork
• Greek: νωπογραφία (nopografía) — technique used to make such an artwork
• Hungarian: freskó — technique used to make such an artwork
• Italian: affresco — technique used to make such an artwork
• Macedonian: фре́ска (fréska) — technique used to make such an artwork
• Malay: fresko — technique used to make such an artwork
• Polish: fresk — technique used to make such an artwork
• Polish: al fresco — technique used to make such an artwork
• Portuguese: afresco — technique used to make such an artwork
• Romanian: frescă — technique used to make such an artwork
• Russian: фре́ска (fréska) — technique used to make such an artwork
• Sicilian: affriscu — technique used to make such an artwork
• Spanish: fresco — technique used to make such an artwork
• Spanish: pintura al fresco — technique used to make such an artwork
• Italian: affrescare — to paint using fresco
• Macedonian: фреско́сува (freskósuva) — to paint using fresco
• Macedonian: живопи́сува (živopísuva) — to paint using fresco
• Sicilian: affriscari — to paint using fresco