rilievo

English

Etymology

From Italian rilievo. Doublet of relief.

Noun

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: […]

Related terms

• alto-rilievo
• basso-rilievo
• cavo-rilievo
• demi-rilievo
• in rilievo
• mezzo-rilievo

 

References

• “rilievo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈljɛ.vo/, /riˈlje.vo/
• 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

Anagrams

• Liviero