statue

See also: Statue and statué

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæ.tʃuː/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     I will raise her statue in pure gold.
2. (dated) A portrait.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Massinger to this entry?)

Hypernyms

• image, sculpture, simulacrum

Hyponyms

• bust, figurine

Derived terms

• statued
• statuelike
• statuesque

Related terms

• statuary
• statuette

Translations

three-dimensional work of art

• Afrikaans: standbeeld
• Albanian: statujë (sq) f, shtatore (sq) f
• Arabic: تِمْثال m (timṯāl), دُمْيَة f (dumya)

  Egyptian Arabic: تمثال m (temsāl)

• Armenian: արձան (hy) (arjan), (of a man) անդրի (hy) (andri)
• Asturian: estatua f
• Azerbaijani: heykəl (az)
• Balinese: arca, togog
• Basque: estatua
• Belarusian: ста́туя f (státuja)
• Bengali: মূর্তি (murti)
• Bikol Central: pararangpan
• Braj: मूरत f (mūrat)
• Breton: delwenn (br) f
• Bulgarian: ста́туя (bg) f (státuja)
• Burmese: ရုပ်ထု (ruphtu.), ရုပ်တု (my) (ruptu.)
• Catalan: estàtua (ca) f
• Cebuano: estatuwa
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵙⴻⴱⴷⴰⴷ m (asebdad)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雕像 (diu¹ zoeng⁶), 塑像 (sou³ zoeng⁶)

  Hakka: 雕像 (tiâu-siong), 塑像 (chok-siong)

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

  Min Nan: 雕像 (zh-min-nan) (tiau-siōng), 塑像 (sok-siǒng)

• Chuukese: nios
• Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ m (mēini)
• Corsican: statua (co) f
• Cree: ᐊᔨᓯᓂᐦᑳᐣ (ayisinihkaan)
• Czech: socha (cs) f
• Danish: statue c
• Dutch: standbeeld (nl) n
• Egyptian: (twt m), (ẖntj m)
• Elfdalian: staty m
• Esperanto: statuo
• Estonian: kuju (et)
• Faroese: standmynd f
• Fijian: vakatākarakara
• Finnish: kuvapatsas, patsas (fi)
• French: statue (fr) f
• Galician: estatua (gl) f
• Georgian: ქანდაკება (kandaḳeba), სტატუა (sṭaṭua)
• German: Statue (de) f, Standbild (de) n
• Greek: άγαλμα (el) n (ágalma)

  Ancient: ἄγαλμα n (ágalma), ἀνδριάς m (andriás)

• Greenlandic: inuusaliaq
• Gujarati: પ્રતિમા (gu) f (pratimā)
• Haitian Creole: estati
• Hawaiian: kiʻi, kiʻi kālai ʻia
• Hebrew: פֶּסֶל (he) m (pésel)
• Hindi: प्रतिमा (hi) f (pratimā), मुर्ती f (murtī), मूरत (hi) f (mūrat)
• Hungarian: szobor (hu)
• Icelandic: stytta f
• Ido: statuo (io)
• Ilocano: estátua
• Indonesian: patung (id)
• Irish: dealbh (ga) f, íomhá f
• Italian: statua (it) f
• Japanese: 像 (ja) (ぞう, zō), 彫像 (ちょうぞう, chōzō), 塑像 (ja) (そぞう, sozō) (clay)
• Javanese:

  Carakan: ꦉꦕ (jv) (reca)

  Roman: reca (jv)

• K'iche': atz (Classical)
• Kabardian: сын (sən)
• Kannada: ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ (kn) (pratime)
• Kazakh: мүсін (kk) (müsın)
• Khmer: រូបចំលាក់ (ruup chɑm leak), រូប (km) (ruup)
• Korean: 조상 (ko) (josang) (彫像 (ko)), 조각상 (jogaksang), 상 (ko) (sang)
• Kurdish: , , , ,
• Kyrgyz: статуя (ky) (statuya), айкел (ky) (aykel)
• Lao: ຮູບປັ້ນ (hūp pan)
• Latin: statua (la) f
• Latvian: statuja f
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• Limburgish: standjsbeildj (li) n
• Lingala: ekeko class 7/8
• Lithuanian: statula f
• Luxembourgish: Statu f
• Macedonian: ста́туа f (státua), кип m (kip)
• Malagasy: sary vongana (mg)
• Malay: patung
• Maltese: istatwa f
• Maori: pakoko
• Marathi: पुतळा m (putḷā)
• Mirandese: státua f
• Mongolian: хөшөө (mn) (xöšöö)
• Montagnais: innitsheuan
• Neapolitan: statola f
• Northern Sami: bázzi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: statue m

  Nynorsk: statue m

• Ojibwe: mazinichigan
• Old English: anlīcnes f
• Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩡𐩣𐩬 (ṣlmn)
• Oriya: ମୂର୍ତି (murti)
• Papiamentu: estatua
• Parthian: 𐭐𐭕𐭊𐭓 (ptkr) (ptkr)
• Persian: تندیس (fa) (tandis), هیکل (fa) (heykal) (rare)
• Polish: posąg (pl) m, statua (pl) f
• Portuguese: estátua (pt) f
• Punjabi: मूति f (mūti)
• Rapa Nui: mo'ai
• Romagnol: stêtuva f
• Romanian: statuie (ro) f, statuă (ro) f
• Romansch: statua f
• Russian: ста́туя (ru) f (státuja)
• Samogitian: statola f
• Sanskrit: प्रतिमा (sa) f (pratimā)
• Scottish Gaelic: buinne f, ìomhaigh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: статуа f, кип m

  Roman: statua (sh) f, kip (sh) m

• Shan: ႁုၼ်ႇႁၢင်ႈ (hùn hāang)
• Sicilian: stàtua (scn) f
• Sinhalese: පිළිමය (piḷimaya)
• Slovak: socha f
• Slovene: kip (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: statua f, postawa f

• Spanish: estatua (es) f
• Sundanese: patung
• Swahili: sanamu class 9/10
• Swedish: staty (sv) c, stod (sv) c
• Tagoi: istatuwa
• Tajik: ҳайкал (tg) (haykal), муҷассама (mujassama)
• Tamil: சிலை (ta) (cilai), உருவம் (ta) (uruvam)
• Telugu: ప్రతిమ (te) (pratima), విగ్రహం (te) (vigrahaṁ)
• Thai: รูปปั้น (rûup-bpân)
• Tibetan: འདྲ་སྐུ ('dra sku), འདྲ་གཞུགས ('dra gzhugs), སྐུ་འདྲ (sku 'dra), སྐུ་བརྙན (sku brnyan)
• Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ (ḥawälti)
• Turkish: heykel (tr), yontu (tr), kurçak (tr) (or korçak; which may mean 'doll' as well)
• Turkmen: heýkel
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎍𐎎 (ṣlm)
• Ukrainian: ста́туя f (státuja)
• Urdu: مجسمہ m (mujasma)
• Uyghur: ھەيكەل (heykel)
• Uzbek: haykal (uz)
• Vietnamese: tượng (vi)
• Volapük: magot (vo)
• Welsh: statud m, cerflun m
• West Frisian: stânbyld (fy) n
• Yiddish: סטאַטוע f (statue)
• Zazaki: heykel

portrait — see portrait

Verb

1. (transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
   • (Can we date this quote by Feltham and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

Anagrams

• astute

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Danish

Noun

statue c (singular definite statuen, plural indefinite statuer)

1. statue

Inflection

Declension of statue

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

References

• “statue” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.ty/

• Audio: "une statue"

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Noun

statue f (plural statues)

1. statue

Further reading

• “statue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tuâtes

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Italian

Noun

statue f

1. plural of statua

Anagrams

• astute

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) statue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of statuō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin statua

Noun

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

1. a statue

Related terms

• statuett

References

• “statue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin statua

Noun

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

1. a statue

Related terms

• statuett

References

• “statue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.