adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or characteristic of a statue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
statuesque
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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UK: /statjʊˈɛsk/
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UK: /statʃʊˈɛsk/
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CMU ARPABET: S T AE2 CH UW0 EH1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Christy Turlington is a statuesque supermodel famous for her fashion ads.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
suggestive of a statue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Junoesque
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stately
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French statuesque. By surface analysis, statu(e) + -esque.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: като изваян (kato izvajan) — like a statue
- Catalan: escultural — like a statue
- French: statuesque — like a statue
- German: statuengleich — like a statue
- German: statuenhaft — like a statue
- German: wie eine Statue — like a statue
- Greek: αγαλμάτινος (agalmátinos) — like a statue
- Greek: αγαλματώδης (agalmatódis) — like a statue
- Catalan: escultural — elegantly tall and graceful
- French: statuesque — elegantly tall and graceful
- German: stattlich — elegantly tall and graceful
- Greek: αγαλματένιος (agalmaténios) — elegantly tall and graceful
- Polish: posągowy — elegantly tall and graceful