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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌstætjuˈɛt/
/ˌstætʃuˈɛt/
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rhymes with -ɛt
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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: figurine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: figure
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French statuette, from statue f + -ette (feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
статуе́тка
(statuétka)
— a small statue
Catalan:
estatueta
— a small statue
Chinese Mandarin:
小塑像
(xiǎo sùxiàng)
— a small statue
Chinese Mandarin:
小雕像
(xiǎo diāoxiàng)
— a small statue
Crimean Tatar:
eykelçik
— a small statue
Czech:
soška
— a small statue
Dutch:
beeldje
— a small statue
Esperanto:
statueto
— a small statue
Estonian:
pisiskulptuur
— a small statue
Finnish:
pienoispatsas
— a small statue
French:
statuette
— a small statue
German:
Statuette
— a small statue
Greek:
αγαλματίδιο
(agalmatídio)
— a small statue
Ancient Greek:
ἀγαλμάτιον
(agalmátion)
— a small statue
Ido:
statueto
— a small statue
Irish:
deilbhín
— a small statue
Italian:
statuetta
— a small statue
Japanese:
スタチュート
— a small statue
Latin:
sigillum
— a small statue
Norwegian Bokmål:
statuett
— a small statue
Norwegian Nynorsk:
statuett
— a small statue
Polish:
statuetka
— a small statue
Polish:
posążek
— a small statue
Portuguese:
estatueta
— a small statue
Russian:
статуэ́тка
(statuétka)
— a small statue
Spanish:
estatuilla
— a small statue
Swedish:
statyett
— a small statue
Ukrainian:
статуе́тка
(statuétka)
— a small statue