bas-relief

• basrelief
• bas relief
• bass-relief (archaic)

From French bas-relief, from Italian bassorilievo, compound of basso (“low”) + rilievo (“relief”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbæs.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˈbɑː.ɹɪˌliːf/, /ˈbɑs.ɹɪˌliːf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑ.ɹɪˈlif/, /ˌbæs.ɹɪˈlif/, /ˈbɑ.ɹɪˌlif/, /ˈbæs.ɹɪˌlif/

bas-relief (countable and uncountable, plural bas-reliefs)

1. (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

   Near-synonyms: cavo-relievo, cavo-rilievo, intaglio-rilievo, sunken relief, cameo (jewelry)

   Antonyms: alto-relievo, high relief

bas-relief (not comparable)

1. (of a sculpture) In the bas-relief style; low or mostly flat.

• bas-relief on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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• balefires

• bas relief

Calque of Italian bassorilievo.

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁə.ljɛf/ ~ /bɑ.ʁə.ljɛf/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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bas-relief m (plural bas-reliefs)

1. bas-relief

   Coordinate term: haut-relief

• → Dutch: bas-reliëf
• → English: bas-relief
• → German: Basrelief
• → Serbo-Croatian: барељеф / bareljef
• → Russian: барелье́ф (barelʹjéf) (see there for further descendants)
• → Ukrainian: барельє́ф (barelʹjéf)

• “bas-relief”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012