rilievo

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English

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Etymology

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From Italian rilievo. Doublet of relief.

Noun

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rilievo (plural rilievos or rilievi)

  1. (art, archaic) A relief.
    • 1840, The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge:
      One of the rilievos on the outer wall of the church seems to belong to an early period of the Longobard dominion in Italy, when that nation was still Arian: []
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin relevium, from Latin relevō (to raise).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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rilievo m (plural rilievi)

  1. prominence or emphasis
    quel vestito mette in rilievo la sua figura
    that garment emphasizes his physique
    dare rilievo alla notiziato emphasize a certain item of news
  2. relief (etymology 2)

Derived terms

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References

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

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