"cool (pleasantly cold), fresh" in seven languages
Meaningcool (pleasantly cold), fresh
Spanish
fresco
/ˈfɾesko/
inherited
French
frais
/fʁɛ/
inherited
fem.: fraîche
Italian
fresco
/ˈfresko/
inherited
plural: freschi
Portuguese
fresco
/ˈfɾesku/
inherited
Romanian
răcoros
/rəkoˈros/
other source · Romanian răcoare 'coolness', of disputed origin
fem.: răcoroasă
Catalan
fresc
/fɾɛsk/
inherited
English
cool
/kul/
native English · Old English cōl
English → Italiancool (pleasantly cold), freshfrescoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: fresh (same Germanic root), fresco.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Germanic *frisk-‘fresh’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
One word means both 'cool' and 'fresh': painters made a fresco on fresh, wet plaster. The slang sense of cool is different again: guay in Spain, cool in France, figo in Italy.
English relatives: fresh (same Germanic root), fresco
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In a sentence
- esEn septiembre las noches son frescas.
- frEn septembre, les soirées sont fraîches.
- itA settembre le serate sono fresche.
- ptEm setembro as noites são frescas.
- roÎn septembrie serile sunt răcoroase.
- caAl setembre les nits són fresques.
- enIn September the evenings are cool.
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