altorrelieve
Spanish, noun[al̪t̪oreˈljeβ̞e]
altorrelieve is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “high relief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Técnica escultórica que talla figuras en un soporte plano, resaltando del mismo más de la mitad de su volumen”.
What does altorrelieve mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehigh relief
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Técnica escultórica que talla figuras en un soporte plano, resaltando del mismo más de la mitad de su volumen.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of altorrelieve
- altorrelieves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altorrelieve?
- [al̪t̪oreˈljeβ̞e]
- [al̪t̪oreliˈeβ̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is altorrelieve in Spanish?
altorrelieve appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).