intonaco

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noun

The final, very thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted.

OriginItalian intonaco →
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nounintonaco (plural intonacos or intonacoes or intonaci)

plural intonacos · plural intonacoes · plural intonaci

  1. The final, very thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted.

Origin

  1. Italianintonaco“plaster”
  2. Englishintonaco

Borrowed from Italian intonaco (“plaster”).

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