secco
adjective, noun
secco is spelled S-E-C-C-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, secco means “Dry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in secco?
| Letters | 5: S-E-C-C-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is secco?
Secco appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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).
Forms of secco
- seccos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does secco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Dry.
Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.
- 2
Dry, sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance.
noun
- 1
A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
- 2
AustraliaSection commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does secco come from?
Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).