statuette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French statuette, from statue + -ette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌstætjuˈɛt/, /ˌstætʃuˈɛt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

statuette (plural statuettes)

  1. 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

See also

French

Etymology

From statue + -ette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sta.tɥɛt/

Noun

statuette f (plural statuettes)

  1. statuette

Further reading

Italian

Noun

statuette f

  1. plural of statuetta
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