alfresco
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See also: al fresco
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian al fresco. Compare Spanish al fresco.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alfresco (not comparable)
- Outdoor, open to the atmosphere.
- The walking district features many alfresco cafés.
Translations
[edit]outdoor — see outdoor
Adverb
[edit]alfresco (not comparable)
- Outdoors; in fresh air.
- As it was a sunny afternoon, we decided to dine alfresco on the patio.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […]
- (art) Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]outdoors — see outdoors
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