bas-relief

== English == === Alternative forms === basrelief bas relief bass-relief (archaic) === Etymology === From French bas-relief, from Italian bassorilievo, compound of basso (“low”) + rilievo (“relief”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæs.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˈbɑː.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˈbɑs.ɹɪˌliːf/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌbɑ.ɹɪˈlif/, /ˌbæs.ɹɪˈlif/, /ˈbɑ.ɹɪˌlif/, /ˈbæs.ɹɪˌlif/ === Noun === bas-relief (countable and uncountable, plural bas-reliefs) (sculpture) A low or mostly-flat sculpture which is carved into a wall, or is in the form of a tile mounted flat to a wall, rather than a fully three-dimensional, free-standing figure. Synonyms: basso-relievo, basso-rilievo, low relief Antonyms: alto-relievo, high relief Near-synonym: cameo (jewelry) ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === bas-relief (not comparable) (of a sculpture) In the bas-relief style; low or mostly flat. === Further reading === bas-relief on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:bas-relief on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === balefires == French == === Alternative forms === bas relief === Etymology === Calque of Italian bassorilievo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.ʁə.ljɛf/ ~ /bɑ.ʁə.ljɛf/ === Noun === bas-relief m (plural bas-reliefs) bas-relief Coordinate term: haut-relief ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: bas-reliëf → English: bas-relief → German: Basrelief → Serbo-Croatian: барељеф / bareljef → Russian: барелье́ф (barelʹjéf) (see there for further descendants) → Ukrainian: барельє́ф (barelʹjéf) === Further reading === “bas-relief”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012