different between effigy vs statuette

effigy

English

Etymology

From French effigie, from Latin effigi?s (likeness, effigy), from effing? (represent, portray).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??f?d?i/

Noun

effigy (plural effigies)

  1. A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
  2. A likeness of a person.

Synonyms

  • (a likeness of a person): figure, image, picture

Coordinate terms

  • (crude representation of a person): caricature

Translations

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statuette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French statuette, from statue +? -ette.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?t

Noun

statuette (plural statuettes)

  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.

Translations

See also

  • figurine

French

Etymology

statue +? -ette

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sta.t??t/

Noun

statuette f (plural statuettes)

  1. statuette

Italian

Noun

statuette f

  1. plural of statuetta

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