Etymology
edit
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
Pronunciation
edit
sculpture (usually uncountable, plural sculptures)
- (countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
- Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
- (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
- (archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving.
1690, “Preface to the Reader”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page i:Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated with Sculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.
Derived terms
edit
Translations
edit
art of sculpting
- Albanian: gdhend (sq)
- Arabic: نَحْت (ar) m (naḥt)
- Armenian: քանդակագործություն (hy) (kʻandakagorcutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: heykəltəraşlıq (az)
- Belarusian: скульпту́ра f (skulʹptúra), разбя́рства n (razbjárstva)
- Bengali: ভাস্কর্য (bn) (bhaskorjo)
- Bulgarian: скулпту́ра (bg) f (skulptúra)
- Burmese: ပန်းပု (my) (pan:pu.)
- Catalan: escultura (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雕塑 (zh) (diāosù)
- Czech: sochařství (cs) n
- Danish: skulptur (da) c
- Dutch: beeldhouwen (nl), sculptuur (nl) f
- Esperanto: skulptarto
- Estonian: skulptuur
- Finnish: kuvanveisto (fi)
- French: sculpture (fr) f
- Galician: escultura (gl) f
- German: Bildhauerkunst (de) f, Skulptur (de) f
- Greek: γλυπτική (el) f (glyptikí)
- Ancient: γλυπτική f (gluptikḗ)
- Hindi: शिल्पकला (hi) (śilpaklā)
- Hungarian: szobrászat (hu)
- Icelandic: höggmyndalist
- Ido: skulto (io)
- Indonesian: seni pahat (id)
- Irish: dealbhóireacht f
- Italian: scultura (it)
- Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku)
- Kazakh: мүсін (müsın), мүсіндеме (müsındeme)
- Khmer: ចំឡាក់ (km) (cɑmlak)
- Korean: 조각(彫刻) (ko) (jogak)
- Lao: ປະຕິມາກຳ (pa ti mā kam)
- Latin: sculptura
- Latvian: tēlniecība f
- Lithuanian: skulptūra f
- Macedonian: вајарство n (vajarstvo), скулпту́ра f (skulptúra)
- Maori: tāraitanga
- Middle English: ymagerie
- Norman: stchulptuthe f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: skulptur m
- Nynorsk: skulptur m
- Polish: rzeźbiarstwo (pl) n
- Portuguese: escultura (pt)
- Romanian: sculptură (ro) f
- Russian: вая́ние (ru) n (vajánije), скульпту́ра (ru) f (skulʹptúra), ле́пка (ru) f (lépka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вајарство n
- Roman: vajarstvo (sh) n
- Slovak: sochárstvo n
- Slovene: kiparstvo (sl) n
- Spanish: escultura (es) f
- Swedish: skulpturkonst (sv) c, bildhuggarkonst (sv) c, bildhuggeri (sv) n, bildformning c, plastik (sv) c
- Tajik: ҳайкалтарошӣ (haykaltarošī)
- Telugu: శిల్పకళ (te) (śilpakaḷa)
- Thai: ปฏิมากรรม, ประติมากรรม (th) (bprà-dtì-maa-gam)
- Turkish: heykelcilik (tr), heykeltıraşlık (tr), yontuculuk (tr)
- Ukrainian: скульпту́ра f (skulʹptúra), лі́пка f (lípka), рі́зьблення n (rízʹblennja), різьбя́рство n (rizʹbjárstvo), різьба́рство n (rizʹbárstvo)
- Uzbek: haykaltaroshlik (uz)
- Vietnamese: điêu khắc (vi)
- Walloon: sculteure (wa) f, scultreye (wa)
|
work of art created by sculpting
- Albanian: skulpturë (sq) f
- Arabic: تِمْثَال m (timṯāl), مَنْحُوتَة f (manḥūta), مُجَسَّم (mujassam)
- Armenian: արձան (hy) (arjan), քանդակ (hy) (kʻandak)
- Azerbaijani: heykəl (az)
- Belarusian: скульпту́ра f (skulʹptúra)
- Bengali: মূর্তি (bn) (murti), ভাস্কর্য (bn) (bhaskorjo)
- Bulgarian: скулпту́ра (bg) f (skulptúra), ста́туя (bg) f (státuja) (statue)
- Burmese: ရုပ်တု (my) (ruptu.)
- Catalan: escultura (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雕塑 (zh) (diāosù), 雕像 (zh) (diāoxiàng)
- Czech: socha (cs) f
- Danish: skulptur (da) c
- Dutch: beeldhouwwerk (nl) n, beeld (nl) n
- Esperanto: skulptaĵo
- Estonian: skulptuur
- Finnish: veistos (fi)
- French: sculpture (fr) f
- Galician: escultura (gl) f
- Georgian: ქანდაკება (kandaḳeba)
- German: Skulptur (de) f
- Greek: γλυπτό (el) n (glyptó)
- Ancient: γλυπτόν n (gluptón)
- Hebrew: פֶּסֶל (he) m (pésel)
- Hindi: शिल्पकला (hi) (śilpaklā), प्रतिमा (hi) f (pratimā)
- Hungarian: szobor (hu)
- Icelandic: skúlptúr, höggmynd
- Ido: skulturo (io)
- Indonesian: pahatan (id)
- Irish: dealbh (ga) f
- Italian: scultura (it) f
- Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku)
- Kannada: ಶಿಲ್ಪ (kn) (śilpa)
- Kazakh: мүсін (müsın)
- Khmer: ចំឡាក់ (km) (cɑmlak), រូបឆ្លាក់ (ruup chlak)
- Korean: 조각(彫刻) (ko) (jogak)
- Kyrgyz: скульптура (ky) (skulptura)
- Lao: ຮູບປັ້ນ (hūp pan)
- Latin: opera sculpturae f, sculptura f
- Latvian: skulptūra f
- Lithuanian: skulptūra f
- Macedonian: скулпту́ра f (skulptúra)
- Maori: tāraitanga, whakaironga
- Middle English: ymagerie
- Norman: stchulptuthe f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: skulptur m
- Nynorsk: skulptur m
- Persian: مجسمه (fa) (mojassame)
- Polish: rzeźba (pl) f
- Portuguese: escultura (pt) f
- Romanian: sculptură (ro) f
- Russian: скульпту́ра (ru) f (skulʹptúra), извая́ние (ru) n (izvajánije), ста́туя (ru) f (státuja) (statue)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ки̑п m, скулпту́ра f
- Roman: kȋp (sh) m, skulptúra (sh) f
- Slovak: socha f
- Slovene: skulptura f
- Spanish: escultura (es) f
- Swahili: kinyago
- Swedish: skulptur (sv)
- Tajik: скулптура (skulptura), муҷассама (mujassama), ҳайкал (tg) (haykal)
- Telugu: శిల్పం (te) (śilpaṁ)
- Thai: รูปปั้น (rûup-bpân)
- Turkish: heykel (tr), yontu (tr)
- Turkmen: heýkel, skulptura
- Ukrainian: скульпту́ра f (skulʹptúra)
- Uzbek: haiʻkal, skulptura, haykal (uz)
- Vietnamese: tượng (vi)
- Walloon: sculteure (wa) f, scultreye (wa) f
|
sculpture (third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured)
- To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
- To represent something in sculpture.
- To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Translations
edit
to represent in sculpture
Translations to be checked
Related terms
edit
Further reading
edit
- “sculpture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sculpture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sculpture”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
