Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demi-rilievo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: demi-rilie-vo
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Half relief; sculpture in relief, whose figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

Uncountable

Etymology

From demi- + Italian rilievo.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Prefix: demi-
Root: rilievo

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does demi-rilievo mean?: Half relief; sculpture in relief, whose figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
Where does demi-rilievo come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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