statuette

Meaning

A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

Translations

Statuette

αγαλματίδιο

Figurine

التمثال الصغير

Frequency

42k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌstætjuˈɛt/
Etymology

Borrowed from French statuette, from statue f + -ette (feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette (diminutive suffix).

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