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English
Etymology
From Old French statue , from Latin statua , derived from statuō ( “ set up or erect ” ) . Doublet of statua .
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Noun
statue (plural statues )
a statue of a detective
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 Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :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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three-dimensional work of art
Afrikaans: standbeeld
Albanian: statujë (sq) f , shtatore (sq) f
Arabic: تِمْثال m ( timṯāl ) , دُمْيَة f ( dumya )
Egyptian Arabic: تمثال m ( temsāl )
Armenian: արձան (hy) ( arjan ) , ( of a man ) անդրի (hy) ( andri )
Asturian: estatua f
Azerbaijani: heykəl (az)
Balinese: arca , togog
Basque: estatua
Belarusian: ста́туя f ( státuja )
Bengali: মূর্তি (bn) ( murti )
Bikol Central: pararangpan
Braj: मूरत f ( mūrat )
Breton: delwenn (br) f
Bulgarian: ста́туя (bg) f ( státuja )
Burmese: ရုပ်ထု ( ruphtu. ) , ရုပ်တု (my) ( ruptu. )
Catalan: estàtua (ca) f
Cebuano: estatuwa
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵙⴻⴱⴷⴰⴷ m ( asebdad )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雕像 ( diu1 zoeng6 ) , 塑像 ( sou3 zoeng6 )
Hakka: 雕像 ( tiâu-siong ) , 塑像 ( chok-siong )
Hokkien: 雕像 (zh-min-nan) ( tiau-siōng ) , 塑像 ( sok-siǒng )
Mandarin: 雕像 (zh) ( diāoxiàng ) , 塑像 (zh) ( sùxiàng )
Chuukese: nios
Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ m ( mēini )
Corsican: statua (co) f
Cree: ᐊᔨᓯᓂᐦᑳᐣ ( ayisinihkaan )
Czech: socha (cs) f
Danish: statue c
Dutch: standbeeld (nl) n
Egyptian: (twt m ), (ẖntj m )
Elfdalian: staty m
Esperanto: statuo
Estonian: kuju (et)
Faroese: standmynd f
Fijian: vakatākarakara
Finnish: kuvapatsas , patsas (fi)
French: statue (fr) f
Galician: estatua (gl) f
Georgian: ქანდაკება ( kandaḳeba ) , სტატუა ( sṭaṭua )
German: Statue (de) f , Standbild (de) n
Greek: άγαλμα (el) n ( ágalma )
Ancient: ἄγαλμα n ( ágalma ) , ( of a human ) ἀνδριάς m ( andriás )
Greenlandic: inuusaliaq
Gujarati: પ્રતિમા (gu) f ( pratimā )
Haitian Creole: estati
Hawaiian: kiʻi , kiʻi kālai ʻia
Hebrew: פֶּסֶל (he) m ( pésel )
Hindi: प्रतिमा (hi) f ( pratimā ) , मुर्ती f ( murtī ) , मूरत (hi) f ( mūrat )
Hungarian: szobor (hu)
Icelandic: stytta f
Ido: statuo (io)
Ilocano: estátua
Indonesian: patung (id)
Irish: dealbh (ga) f , íomhá f
Italian: statua (it) f
Japanese: 像 (ja) ( ぞう, zō ) , 彫像 (ja) ( ちょうぞう, chōzō ) , 塑像 (ja) ( そぞう, sozō ) ( clay )
Javanese:
Carakan: ꦉꦕ (jv) ( reca )
Rumi: reca (jv)
K'iche': atz ( Classical )
Kabardian: сын (kbd) ( sən )
Kannada: ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ (kn) ( pratime )
Kazakh: мүсін ( müsın )
Khmer: រូបចំលាក់ ( ruup chɑm leak ) , រូប (km) ( ruup )
Korean: 조상(彫像) (ko) ( josang ) , 조각상 ( jogaksang ) , 상 (ko) ( sang )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: peykel (ku) m , heykel (ku) m , senem (ku) m , pût (ku) m , kelwaş (ku) m
Kyrgyz: статуя (ky) ( statuya ) , айкел (ky) ( aykel )
Lao: ຮູບປັ້ນ ( hūp pan )
Latin: statua (la) f
Latvian: statuja f
Limburgish: standjsbeildj n
Lingala: ekeko class 7 /8
Lithuanian: statula f
Luxembourgish: Statu f
Macedonian: ста́туа f ( státua ) , кип m ( kip )
Malagasy: sary vongana (mg)
Malay: patung (ms)
Malayalam: പ്രതിമ (ml) ( pratima )
Maltese: statwa f , vara f
Maori: pakoko
Marathi: पुतळा m ( putḷā )
Mirandese: státua f
Mongolian: хөшөө (mn) ( xöšöö )
Montagnais: innitsheuan
Neapolitan: statola f
Northern Sami: bázzi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: statue m
Nynorsk: statue m
Occitan: estatua (oc) f
Odia: ମୂର୍ତି ( murti )
Ojibwe: mazinichigan
Old English: anlīcnes f
Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩡𐩣𐩬 ( ṣlmn )
Ottoman Turkish: هیكل ( heykel )
Papiamentu: estatua
Parthian: 𐭐𐭕𐭊𐭓 ( ptkr ) ( ptkr )
Persian: تندیس (fa) ( tandis ) , هیکل (fa) ( heykal ) ( rare )
Polish: posąg (pl) m , statua (pl) f
Portuguese: estátua (pt) f
Punjabi: मूति f
Rapa Nui: mo'ai
Romagnol: stêtuva f
Romanian: statuie (ro) f , statuă (ro) f
Romansch: statua f
Russian: ста́туя (ru) f ( státuja )
Samogitian: statola f
Sanskrit: प्रतिमा (sa) f ( pratimā )
Scottish Gaelic: buinne f , ìomhaigh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: статуа f , кип m
Roman: statua (sh) f , kip (sh) m
Shan: ႁုၼ်ႇႁၢင်ႈ (shn) ( hùn hāang )
Sicilian: stàtua (scn) f
Sinhalese: පිළිමය ( piḷimaya )
Slovak: socha f
Slovene: kip (sl) m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: statua f , postawa f
Spanish: estatua (es) f
Sundanese: patung
Swahili: sanamu class 9 /10
Swedish: staty (sv) c , stod (sv) c
Tagoi: istatuwa
Tajik: ҳайкал (tg) ( haykal ) , муҷассама ( mujassama )
Tamil: சிலை (ta) ( cilai ) , உருவம் (ta) ( uruvam )
Telugu: ప్రతిమ (te) ( pratima ) , విగ్రహం (te) ( vigrahaṁ )
Thai: รูปปั้น ( rûup-bpân )
Tibetan: སྐུ་འདྲ ( sku 'dra ) , འདྲ་སྐུ ( 'dra sku ) , སྐུ་བརྙན ( sku brnyan )
Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ ( ḥawälti )
Turkish: heykel (tr) , yontu (tr) , kurçak (tr) ( or korçak; which may mean 'doll' as well )
Turkmen: heýkel
Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎍𐎎 ( ṣlm )
Ukrainian: ста́туя f ( státuja )
Urdu: مجسمہ m ( mujasma )
Uyghur: ھەيكەل ( heykel )
Uzbek: haykal (uz)
Vietnamese: tượng (vi)
Volapük: magot (vo)
Welsh: statud m , cerflun m
West Frisian: stânbyld (fy) n
Yiddish: סטאַטוע f ( statue )
Zazaki: heykel
Verb
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.
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Danish
Noun
statue c (singular definite statuen , plural indefinite statuer )
statue
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French
Etymology
From Old French statue , from Latin statua .
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Noun
statue f (plural statues )
statue
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Italian
Noun
statue f
plural of statua
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Latin
Verb
statue
second-person singular present active imperative of statuō
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin statua .
Noun
statue m (definite singular statuen , indefinite plural statuer , definite plural statuene )
a statue
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin statua .
Noun
statue m (definite singular statuen , indefinite plural statuar , definite plural statuane )
a statue
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