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Definitions: Alfresco |
AlfrescoAdjective1. In the open air; "an alfresco lunch"; "an open-air theater". Adverb1. Outside a building; "in summer we play outside". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Alfresco \Al*fres"co\, adverb. adjective. [Italian al fresco in or on the fresh.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AlfrescoSynonyms: open-air(a) (adj), out of doors (adv), outdoors (adv), outside (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inside (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alfresco |
| English words defined with "alfresco": open-air ♦ picnic. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Alfresco (1983) | |
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| "Alfresco" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Alfresco" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "alfresco": alfresco breakfast. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alfresco | 42 |
alfresco grill | 18 |
alfresco gas grill | 7 |
alfresco barbecue | 4 |
alfresco dining | 4 |
alfresco casual dining | 3 |
alfresco by collection henredon | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alfresco"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në ajër të hapur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | في الهواء الطلق (outdoors, outside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خارج ازمنزل (Outdoors), درهوای ازاد (Outdoor, Outdoors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | en plein air. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | im Freien (in the open air, open air, out of doors, outdoor, outdoors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπαίθριοσ (outdoor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | באויר צח, בחוץ (out door, out of doors, outdoor, outdoors, outside, without). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szabad ég alatti (open-air). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | di udara terbuka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | all'aperto (open air, out, outdoor, outdoors, outside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mooie fo'n aer (open-air), fo'n speyr, cheumooie (exterior, outboard, outside, without). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alfrescoay ao ar livre (in the open air, outdoor, outer, out-of-door, outside). (various references) care are loc în aer liber, în aer liber (in the open air, out of doors, outdoor, outdoors, out-of-door). (various references) на открытом воздухе (out of doors, outdoor, outdoors, out-of-door). (various references) pod vedrim nebom (open air, outdoor, outdoors, out-of-door). (various references) al aire libre (in the open air, outdoor, outdoors, out-of-door). (various references) açık havada (in the open, in the open air, out of doors, outdoor, outdoors, under the open sky), açık hava (fair weather, open air, outdoor, outdoors, the open). (various references) що на відкритому повітрі, що під відкритим небом, на відкритому повітрі, під відкритим небом. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Alfresco" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: albricci, alfreso, Alfreston, Elremco. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "alfresco" (pronounced 'Al*fres"co'): Alco, Bajocco, Banco, Barocco, Bejuco, Bronco, Calamanco, Catafalco, Chebacco, Chico, Cisco, draco, fiasco, Fico, Goracco, Guaco, guanaco, Hocco, junco, Macaco, Macauco, Macco, Mameluco, Matico, Maucaco, Melluco, Mico, Moco, Morocco, Nero-antico, Poco, Puerco, Ronco, Saltimbanco, Secco, Squacco, Tabacco, Tasco, Tedesco, tobacco, Toco, Troco, Ulluco, Zacco. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-l-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: claroes, coalers, escolar, loafers, oracles, recoals, safrole, solacer. | |
-2 letters: carles, carols, ceorls, claros, clears, closer, coaler, coarse, corals, cresol, facers, falces, falser, farces, farles, flares, florae, floras, forces, fresco, lacers, loafer, oracle, recoal, safrol, scaler, sclera, solace. | |
-3 letters: acres, afore, alecs, alefs, aloes, arles, arose, cafes, calfs, calos, cares, carle, carls, carol, carse. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-l-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: falconers. | |
+2 letters: conferrals, cornflakes, falconries, forecastle, fortalices, gerfalcons. | |
+3 letters: calciferols, calciferous, clofibrates, cloverleafs, defalcators, forecastles, lactiferous, malefactors. | |
+4 letters: cauliflowers, craftspeople, felicitators, forecastable, forensically, infomercials, overclassify, parfocalizes, profligacies. | |
+5 letters: calefactories, colorfastness, olfactometers, parfocalities, prolificacies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 66 72 65 73 63 6F |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100110 01110010 01100101 01110011 01100011 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l f r e s c o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0066 0072 0065 0073 0063 006F |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3578728471856981 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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