scultura

Corsican

Noun

scultura f (plural sculture)

1. sculpture

Further reading

• “scultura” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Italian

Alternative forms

• scoltura (obsolete)
• scoitura (obsolete, regional)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin sculptūra (“act of carving; sculpture”), derived from sculpō (“I carve”) +‎ -tūra (“-ing, -ure”, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skulˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: scul‧tù‧ra

Noun

scultura f (plural sculture)

1. (uncountable) the art or technique of sculpting or carving out
   1. (by extension):
      1. (uncountable) the activity of a sculptor
      2. sculpting (the act of one who sculpts)
      3. sculpting (the product of one who sculpts)
2. a work resulting from sculpting:
   1. sculpture (three-dimensional work of art)

      Synonym: statua

   2. incision, engraving

      Synonym: incisione

   3. sculpture (works of art created by sculpting, as a group)
   4. the decorative pattern on a ship's stern
   5. (obsolete) the inner structure of a mineral
3. the prominence of one's facial traits
4. a particularly evocative literary (or verbal or theatrical) expression
5. (biology) a relief pattern
6. (geology) alveolation

   Synonym: alveolatura

Related terms

• scultore
• scultoreo
• sculturale

 

Further reading

• scultura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “scultura”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 18, page 335

Lombard

Noun

scultura f

1. sculpture

Mirandese

Noun

scultura f (plural sculturas)

1. sculpture

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skylˈtyra/

Noun

scultura f (plural sculture)

1. sculpture

Further reading

• https://www.piemonteis.com/dizionario-piemontese-italiano.php?parola=scultura