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statuette

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌstætjuˈɛt/ / /ˌstætʃuˈɛt/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French statuette, from statue f + -ette (feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette (diminutive suffix).

  1. A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

    “[…] may be discovered not far from a charming statuette of Queen Alexandra, and there is also the figurette of King George's elder brother.”

    “Some statuettes are not monochrome but represent characters. That is why they are called nanofigures.”