fresco
fre·sco/ˈfɹɛskoʊ/noun, verb
fresco is spelled F-R-E-S-C-O: 6 letters and 2 syllables (fre·sco). It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fresco means “A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fresco is frescos or frescoes; Wiktionary also lists freschi (rare).
How many letters and syllables are in fresco?
| Letters | 6: F-R-E-S-C-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fre·sco |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fresco?
Fresco appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fresco?
- US /ˈfɹɛskoʊ/
- UK /ˈfɹɛskəʊ/
Fresco has 2 syllables, split fre·sco in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-fresco.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with fresco?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fresco from its last stressed vowel (/ɛskoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: forces.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fresco
- frescos plural
- frescoes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- freschi plural, rare
- frescoing participle, present
- frescoed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fresco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
- 2
An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
- 3
The technique used to make such an artwork.
verb
- 1
To paint using fresco.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fresco in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fresque |
| German | Fresko, Freske , Freskomalerei |
| Portuguese | afresco |
| Spanish | fresco, pintura al fresco |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fresco come from?
From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).