statue

English

The Ushiku Daibutsu, a statue depicting Amitabha Buddha

Etymology

From Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈstæ.tʃuː/, X-SAMPA: /"st{.tSu:/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

statue (plural statues)

1. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.

Hypernyms

• image, sculpture, simulacrum

Hyponyms

• bust, figurine

Derived terms

• statued
• statuelike
• statuesque

Related terms

• statuary
• statuette

Translations

three-dimensional work of art

• Albanian: statujë (sq)
• Arabic: تمثال (ar) (timthaal) m
• Armenian: արձան (hy) (arjan) , (of a man) անդրի (hy) (andri) 
• Azeri: heykəl (az)
• Basque: estatua (eu)
• Belarusian: статуя (be) (státuja) f 
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: статуя (bg) (státuja) f 
• Catalan: estàtua (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雕像 (cmn) (diāoxiàng), 塑像 (cmn) (sùxiàng)

• Czech: socha (cs) f
• Danish: statue (da) c
• Dutch: standbeeld (nl) n
• Esperanto: statuo (eo)
• Estonian: kuju (et)
• Faroese: standmynd (fo) f
• Finnish: kuvapatsas (fi)
• French: statue (fr) f
• Galician: estatua (gl) f
• Georgian: ქანდაკება (ka) (k‘andakeba) 
• German: Statue (de) f, Standbild (de) n
• Greek: άγαλμα (el) (ágalma) n 

  Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hawaiian: kiʻi, kiʻi kālai ʻia
• Hebrew: פסל (he) (pesel) m
• Hindi: प्रतिमा (hi) (pratimā)
• Hungarian: szobor (hu)
• Icelandic: stytta (is) f
• Irish: dealbh (ga) f, íomhá (ga) f
• Italian: statua (it) f
• Japanese: 像 (ja) (ぞう, zō)
• Khmer: រូបចំលាក់ (km) (ruup chɑm leak), រូប (km) (ruup)
• Korean: 조상 (ko) (josang) (彫像 (ko)), 조각상 (ko) (jogaksang)

• Kurdish: peykel (ku) m, heykel (ku) m, senem (ku) m, pût (ku) m, kelwaş (ku) m
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: statua (la) f
• Latvian: statuja (lv) f
• Lithuanian: statula (lt) f
• Macedonian: статуа (mk) (statua) f
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pakoko (mi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: statue (nb) m

  Nynorsk: statue (nn) m

• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: تندیس (fa)
• Polish: pomnik (pl) m, posąg (pl) m
• Portuguese: estátua (pt) f
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: statuie (ro) f
• Russian: статуя (ru) (státuja) f 
• Samogitian: statola f
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: buinne (gd) f, ìomhaigh (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: статуа (sh) f, statua (sh) f, кип (sh) m, kip (sh) m
• Slovak: socha (sk) f
• Slovene: kip (sl) m
• Spanish: estatua (es) f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: staty (sv) c, stod (sv) c
• Tamil: சிலை (ta), உருவம் (ta)
• Telugu: ప్రతిమ (te) (pratima), విగ్రహం (te) (vigrahaM)
• Thai: รูปปั้น (th) (rôop bpân)
• Turkish: heykel (tr)
• Ukrainian: статуя (uk) (státuja) f 
• Vietnamese: tượng (vi), bức tượng (vi)
• Welsh: statud (cy) m

Verb

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.
   • Feltham

     The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.

Anagrams

• astute

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sta.ty/

• Audio: "une statue"

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Noun

statue f (plural statues)

1. statue

Anagrams

• tuâtes

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Italian

Noun

statue f

1. Plural form of statua

Anagrams

• astute

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Latin

Verb

statue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of statuō