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stucco

/sˈtʌkəʊ/STUH-koh
/sˈtʌkoʊ/STUH-koh

Meaninga crust

Common meaning: plaster used as a decorative or protective finish

Journey through time

  1. Old High Germanstucchi‘a crust’source
  2. Italianmeaning shiftsa crust → plasterstucco‘plaster’source
  3. Englishstucco‘plaster used as a decorative or protective finish’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old High German stucchi ‘a crust’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry STUCCO, p. 604 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • stucchi Old High German “a crust”

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