gesso

Borrowed from Italian gesso. Doublet of gypsum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛsəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛsəʊ

gesso (usually uncountable, plural gessos or gessoes)

1. A mixture of plaster of Paris and glue used to prepare a surface for painting.
2. A work of art done in gesso.

• Goses, Segos, goses, segos

< Italian gesso

gesso

1. gesso (mixture of plaster of Paris and glue)

From Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.so/[1]

gesso m (plural gessi)

1. chalk
2. a cast

• gessetto
• gessoso
• ingessare

From Latin gypsum (“gypsum”), from Ancient Greek.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.su/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.so/

gesso m (plural gessos)

1. gypsum (mineral)
2. plaster (substance used for coating walls and ceilings)
3. cast (device to help mend broken bones)

• (gypsum): gipsita
• (plaster): estuque

• gesso de Paris