"chiaroscuro" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkja.rosˈku.ro/ Forms: chiaroscuri [plural]
Rhymes: -uro Etymology: From chiaro (“clear, bright”) + oscuro (“dark, obscure”). Etymology templates: {{af|it|chiaro|oscuro|t1=clear, bright|t2=dark, obscure}} chiaro (“clear, bright”) + oscuro (“dark, obscure”), {{wp|it:}} Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} chiaroscuro m (plural chiaroscuri)
  1. (painting, art) chiaroscuro (artistic technique using exaggerated light contrasts) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chiaroscuro-it-noun-ryEtWiGx Categories (other): Art, Painting, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 6 3 18 13 21 5 25 Topics: art, arts
  2. (figurative) contrasts, ups and downs Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-chiaroscuro-it-noun-sVrwXq-u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chiaroscurale, chiaroscurare Coordinate_terms: contrasto
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌkja.rosˈku.ro/
Rhymes: -uro Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} chiaroscuro
  1. first-person singular present indicative of chiaroscurare Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: chiaroscurare
    Sense id: en-chiaroscuro-it-verb-DI7mtJXs Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 6 3 18 13 21 5 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 4 2 13 16 15 4 35 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 23 9 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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