statue

From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/, /ˈstæt.juː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstæt͡ʃu/

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statue (plural statues)

a statue of a detective

1. 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.”!

2. (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

• image, sculpture, simulacrum

• bust, figurine

• statuary
• statuette

statue (third-person singular simple present statues, present participle statuing, simple past and past participle statued)

1. (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.

• astute

statue c (singular definite statuen, plural indefinite statuer)

1. statue

• “statue” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old French statue, from Latin statua.

• IPA^(key): /sta.ty/

• Audio: "une statue"

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statue f (plural statues)

1. statue

• statue de la Liberté

• statuaire

• “statue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• tuâtes

statue f

1. plural of statua

• astute

statue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of statuō

From Latin statua.

statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuer, definite plural statuene)

1. a statue

• statuett

• “statue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin statua.

statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuar, definite plural statuane)

1. a statue

• statuett

• “statue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.