rilievo

rilievo

English

Etymology

Italian rilievo. Doublet of relief.

Noun

rilievo (plural rilievos or rilievi)

1. (art) A relief.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rilievo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin relevium, from Latin relevo (“to raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈljɛ.vo/, /riˈlje.vo/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛvo, -evo
• Hyphenation: ri‧liè‧vo, ri‧lié‧vo

Noun

rilievo m (plural rilievi)

1. prominence or emphasis

   quel vestito mette in rilievo la sua figura

   that garment emphasizes his physique

   dare rilievo alla notizia ― to emphasize a certain item of news

2. relief (etymology 2)

Derived terms

• altorilievo
• bassorilievo

References

1. rilievo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• Liviero