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Secco | Seccombe

Secco meaning

dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance

Using Secco

  • The main meaning on this page is: dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
  • In the example corpus, secco often appears in combinations such as: plaster secco.

Context around Secco

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fresco 3× plaster 2× recitativo 1×

Often after:

painting 2× meaning 1× techniques 1× stencils 1× recitative 1×

Sentence patterns with Secco

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

by recitativo secco the exception 1× cioccolata and secco 1× consisting of secco recitative interspersed 1× decorative fresco secco stencils stencil 1× dry plaster secco is dry 1× dry plaster secco meaning dry 1× employed a secco techniques so 1× fresco secco painting is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

before giorno and 1× fresco secco painting 1× here the forms 1× if mistakes have 1× johnston edleman were 1× opera seria was 1×

Common sentence endings:

dry in italian 2× cioccolata and secco 1× da capo arias 1× designed by sullivan 1× later a secco 1× pasquale in 1843 1×

Words around Secco

Just before it in the word index:

secchia 3 secchi 4 secca 3 secc 4 secb 6 secaucus 20

Just after it in the word index:

seccombe 8 secd 5 secdef 5 secede 75 seceded 27 secedes 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Secco

  • In this selection, "secco" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fresco, plaster, recitativo, painting, meaning and techniques stand out and add context to how "secco" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by recitativo secco the exception and cioccolata and secco. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "secco" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with secco

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Fresco-secco painting is done on dry plaster (secco is "dry" in Italian). (13 words)

Other types of wall painting A secco or fresco-secco painting is done on dry plaster (secco meaning "dry" in Italian). (21 words)

Before Giorno and his friends are able to make it there, they run into the sickness inducing pair of Cioccolata and Secco. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

It has also become increasingly clear, thanks to modern analytical techniques, that even in the early Italian Renaissance painters quite frequently employed a secco techniques so as to allow the use of a broader range of pigments. (37 words)

Here, the forms were freer and less extended than in the serious genre and the set numbers were linked by recitativo secco, the exception being Donizetti's Don Pasquale in 1843. (31 words)

Johnston & Edleman were commissioned for the design of the Moody Tabernacle, with the interior decorative "fresco secco" stencils (stencil technique applied on dry plaster) designed by Sullivan. (27 words)

Example sentences (8)

Other types of wall painting A secco or fresco-secco painting is done on dry plaster (secco meaning "dry" in Italian).

Fresco-secco painting is done on dry plaster (secco is "dry" in Italian).

Before Giorno and his friends are able to make it there, they run into the sickness inducing pair of Cioccolata and Secco.

Here, the forms were freer and less extended than in the serious genre and the set numbers were linked by recitativo secco, the exception being Donizetti's Don Pasquale in 1843.

If mistakes have been made, it may also be necessary to remove the whole intonaco for that area—or to change them later, a secco.

It has also become increasingly clear, thanks to modern analytical techniques, that even in the early Italian Renaissance painters quite frequently employed a secco techniques so as to allow the use of a broader range of pigments.

Johnston & Edleman were commissioned for the design of the Moody Tabernacle, with the interior decorative "fresco secco" stencils (stencil technique applied on dry plaster) designed by Sullivan.

Opera seria was elevated in tone and highly stylised in form, usually consisting of secco recitative interspersed with long da capo arias.

Common combinations with secco

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "secco" in a sentence?
An example: "Other types of wall painting A secco or fresco-secco painting is done on dry plaster (secco meaning "dry" in Italian)." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "secco" from authentic English texts.
What does "secco" mean?
Secco means: dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
How many example sentences with "secco" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "secco", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.