statue
/ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː//ˈstæt͡ʃu/
statue noun: a three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
Noun
statue (plural statues)
- A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
- I will raise her statue in pure gold.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...
- 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.”!2017 October 8, “Confederacy”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO
- A portrait.
- The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attentiona. 1876, Philip Massinger, Mart and Mansion
Verb
statue (third-person singular simple present statues, present participle statuing, simple past and past participle statued)
statue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
statue in Hindi
- three-dimensional work of art
- प्रतिमा pratimā, मुर्ती murtī, मूरत mūrat, मुजस्समा mujassamā
statue in Tamil
- three-dimensional work of art
- சிலை cilai, உருவம் uruvam
statue in Marathi
- three-dimensional work of art
- पुतळा putḷā
statue in Urdu
- three-dimensional work of art
- مُجَسَّمَہ mujassama, بُت but
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- statue in Bengali
- মূর্তি murti
- statue in Telugu
- ప్రతిమ pratima, విగ్రహం vigrahaṁ
- statue in Malayalam
- പ്രതിമ pratima
- statue in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ pratime
- statue in Punjabi
- ਬੁੱਤ butta
- statue in Gujarati
- પ્રતિમા pratimā
- statue in Odia
- ମୂର୍ତି murti
- statue in Sanskrit
- प्रतिमा pratimā
- statue in Sinhala
- පිළිමය piḷimaya
- statue in Nepali
- मूर्ति
- statue in Pashto
- مجسمه mojasema, هيکل haykal
- statue in Arabic
- تِمْثال timṯāl, دُمْيَة dumya
- statue in Malay
- patung
- statue in Indonesian
- patung
- statue in Thai
- รูปปั้น rûup-bpân
- statue in Vietnamese
- tượng
- statue in Myanmar
- ရုပ်ထု ruphtu., ရုပ်တု ruptu.
Examples of statue in a sentence
- The acid rain ate away the statue. The strong acid eats through the metal.
- After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.
- The disfiguration of the statue by vandals resulted in a public outcry.
Synonyms of statue
Forms of statue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | statues |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | statues |
| present participle | statuing |
| past participle | statued |
| past | statued |
Origin of statue
From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.
Words formed from statue
Phrases with statue
Questions about statue
- What does statue mean?
- Statue means a three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
- What is statue in Hindi?
- Statue in Hindi is प्रतिमा (pratimā), मुर्ती (murtī), मूरत (mūrat). See Statue meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is statue?
- Statue can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce statue?
- Statue is pronounced /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/.
- What is the plural of statue?
- The plural of statue is statues.
Words near statue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: statue (page history and authors); ਬੁੱਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); statue (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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