chiaroscuro
Pronouncedchiaroscuro
nounAn art technique that uses bright light and dark shadow to make things look solid and real.
nounA picture made by using many different shades of one colour.
nounA woodcut print made by pressing several different carved blocks to show different shades of colour.
This is an Italian loanword where the 'ch' makes a /k/ sound (not English /tʃ/), and the stress pattern and vowel sounds don't follow typical English phonics rules. The 'a' sounds like /ɑː/, and the final syllables have unusual stress placement.
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