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figurine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /fɪɡ(j)əˈɹin/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /fɪɡ(j)əˈɹin/
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH2 G Y ER0 IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small carved or molded figure; a statuette.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small carved or molded figure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: statuette

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: figure

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French figurine, equivalent to figure + -ine.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: статуетка (statuetka) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小塑像 (xiǎo sùxiàng) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人形 (rénxíng) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Finnish: figuriini — a small carved or molded figure
  • French: figurine — a small carved or molded figure
  • French: statuette — a small carved or molded figure
  • German: Figürchen — a small carved or molded figure
  • Greek: αγαλματίδιο (agalmatídio) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Ancient Greek: ἀγαλμάτιον (agalmátion) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Hungarian: szobrocska — a small carved or molded figure
  • Hungarian: nipp — a small carved or molded figure
  • Italian: statuetta — a small carved or molded figure
  • Japanese: フィギュア (figyua) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Kazakh: статуэтка (statuétka) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Latin: sigillum — a small carved or molded figure
  • Middle English: popet — a small carved or molded figure
  • Ojibwe: mazinichigan — a small carved or molded figure
  • Polish: statuetka — a small carved or molded figure
  • Portuguese: estatueta — a small carved or molded figure
  • Romanian: statuetă — a small carved or molded figure
  • Romanian: figurină — a small carved or molded figure
  • Russian: статуэ́тка (statuétka) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Russian: фигу́рка (figúrka) — a small carved or molded figure
  • Spanish: figura — a small carved or molded figure
  • Spanish: figurín — a small carved or molded figure
  • Spanish: figurilla — a small carved or molded figure
  • Spanish: figurita — a small carved or molded figure
  • Turkish: figürin — a small carved or molded figure
  • Turkish: heykelcik — a small carved or molded figure
  • Vietnamese: bức tượng nhỏ — a small carved or molded figure