statuette
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French statuette, from statue + -ette.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
statuette (plural statuettes)
- 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 edit
a small statue
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See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
statuette f (plural statuettes)
Further reading edit
- “statuette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Noun edit
statuette f