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statue

noun · verb · 4 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.

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  • /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/ yod-coalescence
  • /ˈstæt.juː/ non-yod-coalescence
  • General-American: /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A portrait.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To form a statue of; to make into a statue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a sculpture representing a human or animal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sculpture

Narrower terms: herm, nude, nude sculpture, nude statue, Olympian Zeus, sphinx, terminus, terminal figure, term, Colossus of Rhodes, Statue of Liberty

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: standbeeld — three-dimensional work of art
  • Albanian: statujë — three-dimensional work of art
  • Albanian: shtatore — three-dimensional work of art
  • Arabic: تِمْثال (timṯāl) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Arabic: دُمْيَة (dumya) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Arabic: تمثال (temsāl) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Armenian: արձան (arjan) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Armenian: անդրի (andri) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Asturian: estatua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Azerbaijani: heykəl — three-dimensional work of art
  • Balinese: arca — three-dimensional work of art
  • Balinese: togog — three-dimensional work of art
  • Bashkir: һәйкәл (həykəl) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Basque: estatua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Belarusian: ста́туя (státuja) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Bengali: মূর্তি (murti) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Bhojpuri: मुर्ती (murtī) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Central Bikol: pararangpan — three-dimensional work of art
  • Braj: मूरत (mūrat) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Breton: delwenn — three-dimensional work of art
  • Bulgarian: ста́туя (státuja) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Burmese: ရုပ်ထု (ruphtu.) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Burmese: ရုပ်တု (ruptu.) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Catalan: estàtua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Cebuano: estatuwa — three-dimensional work of art
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵙⴻⴱⴷⴰⴷ (asebdad) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雕像 (diu1 zoeng6) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Chinese Cantonese: 塑像 (sou3 zoeng6) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hakka Chinese: 雕像 (tiâu-siong) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hakka Chinese: 塑像 (chok-siong) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Chinese: 雕像 (zh-min-nan) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Chinese: 塑像 (sok-siǒng) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雕像 (diāoxiàng) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塑像 (sùxiàng) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Chuukese: nios — three-dimensional work of art
  • East Circassian: сын (sən) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ (mēini) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Corsican: statua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Cree: ᐊᔨᓯᓂᐦᑳᐣ (ayisinihkaan) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Montagnais: innitsheuan — three-dimensional work of art
  • Czech: socha — three-dimensional work of art
  • Danish: statue — three-dimensional work of art
  • Dutch: standbeeld — three-dimensional work of art
  • Egyptian: t-w&t-A53 (twt) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Egyptian: D33-n:t*y-A22 (ẖntj) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Elfdalian: staty — three-dimensional work of art
  • Esperanto: statuo — three-dimensional work of art
  • Estonian: kuju — three-dimensional work of art
  • Faroese: standmynd — three-dimensional work of art
  • Fijian: vakatākarakara — three-dimensional work of art
  • Finnish: kuvapatsas — three-dimensional work of art
  • Finnish: patsas — three-dimensional work of art
  • French: statue — three-dimensional work of art
  • West-Frisian: stânbyld — three-dimensional work of art
  • Galician: estatua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Georgian: ქანდაკება (kandaḳeba) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Georgian: სტატუა (sṭaṭua) — three-dimensional work of art
  • German: Statue — three-dimensional work of art
  • German: Standbild — three-dimensional work of art
  • Greek: άγαλμα (ágalma) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Ancient Greek: ἄγαλμα (ágalma) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνδριάς (andriás) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Greenlandic: inuusaliaq — three-dimensional work of art
  • Gujarati: પ્રતિમા (pratimā) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Haitian Creole: estati — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hawaiian: kiʻi — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hawaiian: kiʻi kālai ʻia — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hebrew: פֶּסֶל (pésel) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hindi: प्रतिमा (pratimā) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hindi: मुर्ती (murtī) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hindi: मूरत (mūrat) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hindi: मुजस्समा (mujassamā) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Hungarian: szobor — three-dimensional work of art
  • Icelandic: stytta — three-dimensional work of art
  • Ido: statuo — three-dimensional work of art
  • Ilocano: estátua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Indonesian: patung — three-dimensional work of art
  • Irish: dealbh — three-dimensional work of art
  • Irish: íomhá — three-dimensional work of art
  • Italian: statua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Japanese: 像 (zō) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Japanese: 彫像 (chōzō) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Japanese: 塑像 (sozō) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Javanese: ꦉꦕ (reca) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Javanese: reca — three-dimensional work of art
  • Kannada: ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ (pratime) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Kazakh: мүсін (müsın) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Khmer: រូបចំលាក់ (ruup cɑm lĕək) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Khmer: រូប (ruup) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Khmer: រូបឆ្លាក់ (ruup chlak) — three-dimensional work of art
  • K'iche': atz — three-dimensional work of art
  • Korean: 조상 (josang) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Korean: 조각상 (jogaksang) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Korean: 상 (sang) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Northern Kurdish: peykel — three-dimensional work of art
  • Northern Kurdish: heykel — three-dimensional work of art
  • Northern Kurdish: senem — three-dimensional work of art
  • Northern Kurdish: pût — three-dimensional work of art
  • Northern Kurdish: kelwaş — three-dimensional work of art
  • Kyrgyz: статуя (statuya) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Kyrgyz: айкел (aykel) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Lao: ຮູບປັ້ນ (hūp pan) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Latin: statua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Latvian: statuja — three-dimensional work of art
  • Limburgish: standjsbeildj — three-dimensional work of art
  • Lingala: ekeko — three-dimensional work of art
  • Lithuanian: statula — three-dimensional work of art
  • Luxembourgish: Statu — three-dimensional work of art
  • Macedonian: ста́туа (státua) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Macedonian: кип (kip) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Malagasy: sary vongana — three-dimensional work of art
  • Malay: patung — three-dimensional work of art
  • Malayalam: പ്രതിമ (pratima) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Maltese: statwa — three-dimensional work of art
  • Maltese: vara — three-dimensional work of art
  • Māori: pakoko — three-dimensional work of art
  • Marathi: पुतळा (putḷā) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Mirandese: státua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Mongolian: хөшөө (xöšöö) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Mongolian: баримал (barimal) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Neapolitan: statola — three-dimensional work of art
  • Norwegian Bokmål: statue — three-dimensional work of art
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: statue — three-dimensional work of art
  • Occitan: estatua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Odia: ମୂର୍ତି (murti) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Ojibwe: mazinichigan — three-dimensional work of art
  • Old English: anlīcnes — three-dimensional work of art
  • Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩡𐩣𐩬 (ṣlmn) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Papiamentu: estatua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Parthian: 𐭐𐭕𐭊𐭓 (ptkr) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Pashto: مجسمه (mojasema) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Pashto: هيکل (haykal) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Iranian Persian: تَنْدیس (tandis) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Iranian Persian: مُجَسَّمِه (mojassame) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Iranian Persian: پِیْکَرِه (peykare) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Iranian Persian: هِیْکَل (heykal) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Polish: posąg — three-dimensional work of art
  • Polish: statua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Portuguese: estátua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Rapa Nui: mo'ai — three-dimensional work of art
  • Romagnol: stêtuva — three-dimensional work of art
  • Romanian: statuie — three-dimensional work of art
  • Romanian: statuă — three-dimensional work of art
  • Romansh: statua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Russian: ста́туя (státuja) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Russian: извая́ние (izvajánije) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Northern Sami: bázzi — three-dimensional work of art
  • Samogitian: statola — three-dimensional work of art
  • Sanskrit: प्रतिमा (pratimā) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Scottish Gaelic: buinne — three-dimensional work of art
  • Scottish Gaelic: ìomhaigh — three-dimensional work of art
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̑туа — three-dimensional work of art
  • Serbo-Croatian: ки̑п — three-dimensional work of art
  • Serbo-Croatian: stȃtua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȋp — three-dimensional work of art
  • Shan: ႁုၼ်ႇႁၢင်ႈ (hùn hāang) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Sicilian: stàtua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Sikkimese: སྐུ (sku) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Sinhalese: පිළිමය (piḷimaya) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Slovak: socha — three-dimensional work of art
  • Slovene: kip — three-dimensional work of art
  • Lower Sorbian: póstawa — three-dimensional work of art
  • Lower Sorbian: statuwa — three-dimensional work of art
  • Upper Sorbian: statua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Upper Sorbian: postawa — three-dimensional work of art
  • Spanish: estatua — three-dimensional work of art
  • Sundanese: patung — three-dimensional work of art
  • Swahili: sanamu — three-dimensional work of art
  • Swedish: staty — three-dimensional work of art
  • Swedish: stod — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tagoi: istatuwa — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tajik: ҳайкал (haykal) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tajik: муҷассама (mujassama) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tamil: சிலை (cilai) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tamil: உருவம் (uruvam) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tatar: һәйкәл (häykäl) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Telugu: ప్రతిమ (pratima) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Telugu: విగ్రహం (vigrahaṁ) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Thai: รูปปั้น (rûup-bpân) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tibetan: སྐུ་འདྲ (sku 'dra) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tibetan: འདྲ་སྐུ ('dra sku) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tibetan: སྐུ་བརྙན (sku brnyan) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ (ḥawälti) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Turkish: heykel — three-dimensional work of art
  • Turkish: yontu — three-dimensional work of art
  • Ottoman Turkish: هیكل (heykel) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Turkmen: heýkel — three-dimensional work of art
  • Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎍𐎎 (ṣlm) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Ukrainian: ста́туя (státuja) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Urdu: مُجَسَّمَہ (mujassama) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Urdu: بُت (but) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Uyghur: ھەيكەل (heykel) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Uzbek: haykal — three-dimensional work of art
  • Vietnamese: tượng — three-dimensional work of art
  • Volapük: magot — three-dimensional work of art
  • Welsh: statud — three-dimensional work of art
  • Welsh: cerflun — three-dimensional work of art
  • Yiddish: סטאַטוע (statue) — three-dimensional work of art
  • Zazaki: heykel — three-dimensional work of art
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