What does rilievo in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word rilievo in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use rilievo in Italian.

The word rilievo in Italian means elevation, important, significant, attention, remark, comment, survey, relief, important, in relief, emphasis, stress, emphasize, prominent role, pivotal role, prominent position, disciplinary survey, metric survey, land survey. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rilievo

elevation

sostantivo maschile (monte o collina)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
È una zona ricca di rilievi montuosi.
It's an area with many mountainous elevations.

important, significant, attention

sostantivo maschile (figurato (spicco, rilevanza)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Oggi non ci sono novità di rilievo sui giornali. Secondo me i giornali non hanno dato alla notizia del decreto del governo il rilievo che merita.
There is no important news in today's papers. I believe the newspapers didn't give the government decree news the attention it deserved.

remark, comment

sostantivo maschile (nota, appunto, osservazione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Fece diversi rilievi alla relazione.
He made various comments about the report.

survey

sostantivo maschile (estimo, rilevazione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Prima dei lavori venne effettuato un rilievo in campo. Sono arrivati i vigili urbani per fare i rilievi dell'incidente stradale.
Before any work was done a field survey was carried out. The traffic wardens arrived to carry out a survey of the road accident.

relief

sostantivo maschile (tipo di composizione architettonica) (architecture)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il mausoleo è ricco di basso rilievi.
The mausoleum has many bas-reliefs.

important

in relief

locuzione aggettivale (più alto di una superficie) (literal)

emphasis, stress

locuzione aggettivale (figurato (importante) (figurative)

He put emphasis on this small fact, hence it must be important.

emphasize

prominent role, pivotal role, prominent position

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

disciplinary survey

(report, punishment)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

metric survey

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

land survey

(investigation, report)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mandavano gli studenti a fare rilievi topografici in montagna.

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