different between relief vs cameo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???li?f/
• Rhymes: -i?f

Etymology 1

From Old French relief (“assistance”), from Old French relever (“to relieve”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”). See also relieve.

Noun

relief (countable and uncountable, plural reliefs)

1. The removal of stress or discomfort.
2. The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
3. Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
4. The person who takes over a shift for another.
5. Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
6. (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
7. A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
8. A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.

Synonyms

• (removal of stress and discomfort): ease, alleviation, liss, respite
• (feeling of removal of stress and discomfort): ease, alleviation, liss
• (person who takes over a shift): stand-in, substitute, backup, fill-in

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Italian rilevare (“to raise”), from Latin relevare (“to raise”).

Noun

relief (countable and uncountable, plural reliefs)

1. A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
2. The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
3. The difference of elevations on a surface.

   the relief on that part of the Earth's surface

4. (heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.

Synonyms

• (type of artwork): embossing
• (difference of elevations on a surface): texture, topography

Derived terms

• relief map

Translations

Adjective

relief (comparative more relief, superlative most relief)

1. (of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
2. Of or used in letterpress.

Anagrams

• Leifer, e-filer, liefer, refile, relfie, relife

French

Etymology

Old French, from relever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.lj?f/

Noun

relief m (plural reliefs)

1. projection, relief
2. (geography, mineralogy) relief, surface elevation
3. (figuratively) contrast, definition, offset (against something else)
4. (sculpture) relief

Derived terms

• bas-relief

Further reading

• “relief” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From French relief, from Old French relief (“assistance”), from relever (“to relieve”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?l.j?f/

Noun

relief m inan

1. relief

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French relief.

Noun

relief n (plural reliefuri)

1. relief (difference of elevations on the Earth's surface)

Related terms

• reliefa
• reliefare
• reliefat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cammeo, from Medieval Latin camaeus, of unknown origin. The movie sense is short for “cameo role” referring to a famous person who was playing no character, but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch — a low-relief carving of a person’s head or bust — the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. More recently, it has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæm.i?.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæm.i.o?/

Noun

cameo (plural cameos or cameoes)

1. A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
2. A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.

Translations

Verb

cameo (third-person singular simple present cameos, present participle cameoing, simple past and past participle cameoed)

1. To appear in a cameo role.

Anagrams

• Meaco, comae

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cameo, from Italian cammeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?m?.o/

Noun

cameo m (plural camei)

1. cameo (short appearance)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cameo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?meo/, [ka?me.o]

Noun

cameo m (plural cameos)

1. cameo (short appearance)