statuette
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5.4
- noun
- /ˌstætʃuˈɛt/
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- Think how nice that statuette's gonna look on your mantelpiece.
- Oscar statuette
- female statuette
- statuettes carved
Don't they also use those, those horns for like creating little trinkets and like statues like this little mini statuettes that they carve the little Chinese?
- Don't they also use those, those horns for like creating little trinkets and like statues like this little mini statuettes that they carve the little Chinese?
Examples
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The artist displayed a small statuette of a lion at the gallery.
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Photo: Made of fired loess, this four-and-a-half-inch statuette of a woman, possibly pregnant, is from Moravia.
Academic text (1994) -
Using both hands, he carefully lifted a crystal statuette from its interior.
Fiction book (1999) -
The ornament is a statuette... a black figure of a bird.
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"I thought you would want your statuette back," she said softly.
Fiction book (2001) -
I looked over at my front door where the crate of statuettes was sitting.
Fiction book (1995) -
The three idol statuettes are the most interesting pieces in the group.
Academic text (2003) -
Each year, winners of the National Magazine Award are presented with copper statuettes in the image of that majestic mammal.
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Photo (color): Sir Arthur Evans discovered this foot-tall faience statuette at Knossos in the early 20th century.
Academic text (2010) -
Along with some recently acquired archaeological finds from Nigeria, this Egyptian statuette testifies to the antiquity of Africa's civilizations.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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5.3
A small model of a person, animal, or mythical character made of clay, metal, plastic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
statuette = statue (transparent) = statue + ette
The word is a straightforward diminutive formed from 'statue' + '-ette', meaning a small statue.
Etymology
Statuette is formed from the common word statue plus the French ending -ette, which means 'small'. So a statuette is literally a 'small statue', a tiny carved or molded figure.