sculpture

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/, /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə/ Hyphenation: sculp‧ture === Noun === sculpture (usually uncountable, plural sculptures) (countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting). (countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell. (archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sculpture (third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured) To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure. To represent something in sculpture. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc. ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === sculpt sculptor sculptureless sculpturelike === Further reading === “sculpture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sculpture”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “sculpture”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skyl.tyʁ/ Homophone: sculptures === Noun === sculpture f (plural sculptures) sculpture === Further reading === “sculpture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === sculpteur == Latin == === Participle === sculptūre vocative masculine singular of sculptūrus