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English
Etymology
From Italian rilievo. Doublet of relief.
Noun
rilievo (plural rilievos or rilievi)
- (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
Etymology
From Late Latin relevium, from Latin relevō (“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)
- 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
- relief (etymology 2)
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