fresco

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
  2. noun a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
  3. verb paint onto wet plaster on a wall

Etymology

From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.

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