relievo

Other forms of relievo

plural

relievoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about relievo

What does relievo mean?

relievo means "sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background".

How many syllables are in relievo?

relievo has 3 syllables: re-lie-vo. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for relievo?

Close synonyms include relief, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is relievo a common word?

relievo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.