A statue is a large sculpture of a person or an animal, made of stone or metal.
Synonyms: sculpture, figure, carving, bronze More Synonyms of statue
statue in British English
(ˈstætjuː)
noun
a wooden, stone, metal, plaster, or other kind of sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger
Word origin
C14: via Old French from Latin statua, from statuere to set up; compare statute
statue in American English
(ˈstætʃu)
noun
the figure of a person or animal, or an imagined or abstract form, carved in stone, wood, etc., modeled in a plastic substance, or cast in plaster, bronze, etc., esp. when done in the round rather than in relief
Word origin
OFr < L statua < statuere, to set, place < pp. of stare, to stand
Examples of 'statue' in a sentence
statue
The statues and the sculpture help to identify the sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was as if a beloved stone statue had sprouted weeds.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Many priorities need to be attended to before building a statue.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The only question that is how many will be converted into a golden statue at the ceremony next month.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As behaviour worsens, statues and sculptures are at risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
When completed, it will be the biggest stone statue in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If he spends that long at City they will be building a statue to him.
The Sun (2009)
A stone statue head lay in the centre of one room surrounded by cracked columns.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Little golden statues all round.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The council removed the statue.
The Sun (2014)
If you have bought a sculpture or statue but it is too small for your garden, you could display it indoors.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
As you can see, during their careers all our nominees have shown naked ambition in their quest for the coveted golden statue.
The Sun (2006)
Florence has had ten small earthquakes in the past ten months, prompting calls for the statue to be removed from the city altogether.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Activists in Moscow put balaclavas on statues of well-known figures in protest.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In Ukraine alone thousands of Lenin statues were removed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Build his statue at Wimbledon.
The Sun (2013)
The muscular golden statue would straddle two extended outer piers of Rhodes harbour, according to its creators.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
By all means change the inscription, to show all his works - but to remove the statue would not change the history of the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
statue
British English: statue /ˈstætjuː/ NOUN
A statue is a large sculpture of a person or an animal, made of stone, bronze, or some other hard material.
...a stone statue of a horse.
American English: statue
Arabic: تـِمْثَال
Brazilian Portuguese: estátua
Chinese: 雕像
Croatian: kip
Czech: socha
Danish: statue
Dutch: standbeeld
European Spanish: estatua
Finnish: patsas
French: statue
German: Statue
Greek: άγαλμα
Italian: statua
Japanese: 像
Korean: 상
Norwegian: statue
Polish: posąg
European Portuguese: estátua
Romanian: statuie
Russian: статуя
Latin American Spanish: estatua
Swedish: staty
Thai: รูปปั้น
Turkish: heykel
Ukrainian: статуя
Vietnamese: bức tượng
Chinese translation of 'statue'
statue
(ˈstætjuː)
n(c)
塑像 (sùxiàng) (尊, zūn)
(noun)
Definition
a sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger
a huge white statue of Chairman Mao
Synonyms
sculpture
a collection of 20th-century sculptures
figure
carving
It was a wood carving of a human hand.
bronze
effigy
An effigy was being burned in the town square.
figurine
statuette
Additional synonyms
in the sense of carving
Definition
a figure or design produced by carving stone or wood
It was a wood carving of a human hand.
Synonyms
sculpture,
model,
statue,
statuette,
etching,
engraving,
inscription
in the sense of effigy
Definition
a crude representation of someone, used as a focus for contempt