sculpture

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sculptura (“sculpture”), from sculpere (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

sculpture (usually uncountable, plural sculptures)

1. (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).
   • Dryden

     There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.

2. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
3. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell

Translations

art of sculpting

• Arabic: نَحْت‎ (ar) m (naḥt)
• Armenian: քանդակագործություն (hy) (kʿandakagorcutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: heykəltəraşlıq (az)
• Belarusian: скульпту́ра f (skulʹptúra), разбя́рства n (razbjárstva)
• Bengali: ভাস্কর্য (bhaskôryô)
• 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)
• Hindi: शिल्पकला (hi) (śilpaklā)
• Hungarian: szobrászat (hu)
• Icelandic: höggmyndalist
• Ido: skulto (io)
• Indonesian: seni pahat (id)
• Italian: scultura (it)
• Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku)
• Kazakh: мүсін (kk) (müsin)
• Korean: 조각 (ko) (jogak)

• Latvian: tēlniecība f
• Lithuanian: skulptūra f
• Macedonian: вајарство n (vajarstvo), скулпту́ра f (skulptúra)
• Maori: tāraitanga
• 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
• Swahili: kinyagu (sw)
• Swedish: skulptur (sv) c
• Tajik: ҳайкалтарошӣ (haykaltarošī)
• Telugu: శిల్పకళ (te) (śilpakaḷa)
• Thai: ปฏิมากรรม, ประติมากรรม
• Turkish: heykelcilik (tr), heykeltıraşlık (tr), yontuculuk (tr)
• Ukrainian: скульпту́ра f (skulʹptúra), лі́пка f (lípka)
• 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)
• Armenian: արձան (hy) (arjan)
• Azerbaijani: heykəl (az)
• Belarusian: скульпту́ра f (skulʹptúra)
• Bengali: মূর্তি (mūrti), ভাস্কর্য (bhaskôryô)
• Bulgarian: скулпту́ра (bg) f (skulptúra)
• 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)
• 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)
• Italian: scultura (it) f
• Japanese: 彫刻 (ja) (ちょうこく, chōkoku)
• Kazakh: мүсін (kk) (müsin), скульптура (skwlʹptwra)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 조각 (ko) (jogak)

• Kyrgyz: скульптура (ky) (skulʹptura)
• Lao: ຮູບປັ້ນ (hūp pan)
• Latvian: skulptūra f
• Lithuanian: skulptūra f
• Macedonian: скулпту́ра f (skulptúra)
• Maori: tāraitanga
• 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)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кип m, скулптура f

  Roman: kip (sh) m, skulptura (sh) f

• Slovak: socha f
• Slovene: skulptura f
• Spanish: escultura (es) f
• Swahili: kinyagu (sw)
• Swedish: skulptur (sv)
• Tajik: скулптура (skulptura), муҷассама (mujassama), ҳайкал (tg) (haykal)
• Telugu: శిల్పం (te) (śilpaṃ)
• 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

Verb

sculpture (third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured)

1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
2. To represent something in sculpture.
3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.

Translations

to fashion into 3D figure

• Finnish: veistää (fi), muovata (fi)
• Galician: esculpir (gl)
• Ido: skultar (io)

• Macedonian: ваја (vája)
• Spanish: esculpir (es)
• Swahili: kinyagu (sw)

to represent in sculpture

• Finnish: esittää (fi)
• Galician: esculpir (gl)
• Macedonian: изваја (ízvaja)

• Romanian: sculpta (ro)
• Spanish: esculpir (es)
• Swahili: kinyagu (sw)

to shape a land feature

• Finnish: muovata (fi)

• Swahili: kinyagu (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} a sculpta (ro)

Related terms

• sculpt
• sculptor
• sculptureless
• sculpturelike

Further reading

• sculpture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sculpture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• sculpture at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skyl.tyʁ/ (p is not pronounced)
• Homophone: sculptures

Noun

sculpture f (plural sculptures)

1. sculpture

Further reading

• “sculpture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• sculpteur

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Latin

Participle

sculptūre

1. vocative masculine singular of sculptūrus