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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]statue (plural statues)
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- A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- I will raise her statue in pure gold.
- 2017 October 8, “Confederacy”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
- It’s true, Robert E. Lee was opposed to statues of people like Robert E. Lee! So any city that decides to keep a statue of him should, at the very least, add a speech bubble saying, “You know, I specifically told you all not to do this.”!
- (dated) A portrait.
- a. 1876, Philip Massinger, Mart and Mansion:
- The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention
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[edit]Translations
[edit]three-dimensional work of art
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portrait — see portrait
Verb
[edit]statue (third-person singular simple present statues, present participle statuing, simple past and past participle statued)
- (transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
- The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]statue c (singular definite statuen, plural indefinite statuer)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of statue
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | statue | statuen | statuer | statuerne |
genitive | statues | statuens | statuers | statuernes |
References
[edit]- “statue” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French statue, from Latin statua.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]statue f (plural statues)
Derived terms
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[edit]Verb
[edit]statue
- inflection of statuer:
Further reading
[edit]- “statue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
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[edit]statue f
Anagrams
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Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]Noun
[edit]statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuer, definite plural statuene)
- a statue
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “statue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuar, definite plural statuane)
- a statue
Related terms
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[edit]- “statue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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