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statue

See also: Statue and statué

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Etymology

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From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/, /ˈstæt.juː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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statue (plural statues)

 
A statue of a detective
  1. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
    • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
      I will raise her statue in pure gold.
    • 2017 October 8, “Confederacy”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
      It’s true, Robert E. Lee was opposed to statues of people like Robert E. Lee! So any city that decides to keep a statue of him should, at the very least, add a speech bubble saying, “You know, I specifically told you all not to do this.”!
  2. (dated) A portrait.
    • a. 1876, Philip Massinger, Mart and Mansion:
      The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention

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portrait — see portrait

Verb

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statue (third-person singular simple present statues, present participle statuing, simple past and past participle statued)

  1. (transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
    • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
      The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.

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Noun

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statue c (singular definite statuen, plural indefinite statuer)

  1. statue

Inflection

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Declension of statue
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative statue statuen statuer statuerne
genitive statues statuens statuers statuernes

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French

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Etymology

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From Old French statue, from Latin statua.

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statue f (plural statues)

  1. statue

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statue

  1. inflection of statuer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

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Noun

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statue f

  1. plural of statua

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Latin

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Verb

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statue

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of statuō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin statua.

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statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuer, definite plural statuene)

  1. a statue
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin statua.

Noun

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statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuar, definite plural statuane)

  1. a statue
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