fresque

French

Etymology

From Italian fresco. Doublet of frais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɛsk/

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Noun

fresque f (plural fresques)

1. fresco

Descendants

• → German: Freske
• → Norwegian Bokmål: freske (or via German)
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: freske (or via German)
• → Polish: fresk
• → Romanian: frescă
• → Turkish: fresk

Further reading

• “fresque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Verb

fresque

1. inflection of frescar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative