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alto-relevo

Portuguese, noun/ˌaw.tu.ʁeˈle.vu/

alto-relevo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “high relief (sculpture in which forms extend from the background by at least half of their depth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does alto-relevo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehigh relief (sculpture in which forms extend from the background by at least half of their depth)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. escultura onde a forma se projeta à frente, partindo de um fundo, normalmente um bloco do material utilizado, além do ponto onde seria possível copiá-la totalmente com um só molde

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of alto-relevo

  • altos-relevos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alto-relevo?

  • Brazil /ˌaw.tu.ʁeˈle.vu/
  • Brazil [ˌaʊ̯.tu.heˈle.vu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.