scultura

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Corsican

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Noun

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scultura f (plural sculture)

  1. sculpture

Further reading

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

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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
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Lombard

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Noun

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scultura f

  1. sculpture

Mirandese

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Noun

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scultura f (plural sculturas)

  1. sculpture

Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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scultura f (plural sculture)

  1. sculpture

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