sculptor
/ˈskʌlptɚ/
sculptor noun: a person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
Noun
sculptor (plural sculptors)
- A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
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Proper noun capitalized: Sculptor
Sculptor
sculptor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sculptor in Hindi
- a person who sculpts
- मूर्तिकार mūrtikār, संगतराश saṅgatrāś, बुततराश buttarāś, बुत-तराश but-tarāś, नक़्क़ाश naqqāś
sculptor in Tamil
- sculptor, artisan, stonecutter
- சிற்பி ciṟpi
sculptor in Marathi
- मूर्तिकार
sculptor in Urdu
- a person who sculpts
- بُت تَراش but tarāś, مُجَسَّمَہ ساز mujassama sāz, سَن٘گ تَراش saṅg tarāś, نَقّاش naqqāś
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- sculptor in Bengali
- ভাস্কর্যশিল্পী
- sculptor in Telugu
- శిల్పి śilpi
- sculptor in Malayalam
- ശില്പി śilpi
- sculptor in Kannada
- ಕೆತ್ತನೆಗ kettanega
- sculptor in Punjabi
- ਮੂਰਤੀਕਾਰ, ਬੁੱਤਕਾਰ
- sculptor in Gujarati
- ઘડવૈયો ghaḍvaiyo
- sculptor in Odia
- ମୂର୍ତ୍ତିକାର
- sculptor in Nepali
- मूर्तिकार
- sculptor in Pashto
- توږونکی toǵunkay
- sculptor in Tagalog
- manlililok
- sculptor in Arabic
- نَحَّات naḥḥāt, مَثَّال maṯṯāl
- sculptor in Malay
- pengukir
- sculptor in Indonesian
- pemahat, pengukir, pematung
- sculptor in Thai
- ประติมากร bprà-dtì-maa-gɔɔn
- sculptor in Vietnamese
- nhà điêu khắc
- sculptor in Myanmar
- ပန်းပုဆရာ pan:pu.hca.ra, ကျောက်ဆစ်သမား kyaukhcacsa.ma:
Examples of sculptor in a sentence
- The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
- The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
- The sculptor represented a horse in bronze.
Forms of sculptor
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Origin of sculptor
Borrowed from Latin sculptor, equivalent to sculpt + -or.
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.
Words formed from sculptor
- Sculptoris
Questions about sculptor
- What does sculptor mean?
- Sculptor means a person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
- What is sculptor in Hindi?
- Sculptor in Hindi is मूर्तिकार (mūrtikār), संगतराश (saṅgatrāś), बुततराश (buttarāś). See Sculptor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sculptor?
- Sculptor can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sculptor?
- Sculptor is pronounced /ˈskʌlptɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of sculptor?
- The plural of sculptor is sculptors.
Words near sculptor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sculptor (page history and authors); Sculptor (page history and authors); சிற்பி (Tamil) (page history and authors); sculptor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sculptor (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ശില്പി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಕೆತ್ತನೆಗ (Kannada) (page history and authors); sculptor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ઘડવૈયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); sculptor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sculptor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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