frisco

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps a blend of frisk (brisk and lively movement) +‎ Italian fresco.

Noun[edit]

frisco (plural friscos or friscoes)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of frisk (brisk and lively movement)

Neapolitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

frisco (feminine singular fresca, masculine plural frischi, feminine plural fresche)

  1. fresh
  2. cool

References[edit]

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1038: “fresca; fresco” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “frisco”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano