statuette

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French statuette, from statue f +‎ -ette (feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue +‎ -ette (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌstætjuˈɛt/, /ˌstætʃuˈɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === statuette (plural statuettes) 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. ==== Translations ==== === See also === figurine === References === == French == === Etymology === From statue +‎ -ette. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sta.tɥɛt/ === Noun === statuette f (plural statuettes) statuette === Further reading === “statuette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === statuette f plural of statuetta