"relief" meaning in French

See relief in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʁə.ljɛf/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-relief.wav Forms: reliefs [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French, from relever. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French, {{inh+|fr|fro|-}} Inherited from Old French, {{m|fro|relever}} relever Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} relief m (plural reliefs)
  1. projection, relief Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-relief-fr-noun-1MeW9r6w
  2. (geography, mineralogy) relief, surface elevation Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Geography, Mineralogy
    Sense id: en-relief-fr-noun--YZaEd2z Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 59 36 3 Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (figuratively) contrast, definition, offset (against something else) Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-relief-fr-noun-KelZak6T
  4. (sculpture) relief Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Sculpture
    Sense id: en-relief-fr-noun-6mo0Tidg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bas-relief, haut-relief

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for relief meaning in French (4.4kB)

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