different between statue vs maquette

English

Etymology

From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statu? (“set up or erect”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?stæt?.u?/, /?stæt.ju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?stæt?u/

Noun

statue (plural statues)

1. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
2. (dated) A portrait.
   • a. 1876, Philip Massinger, Mart and Mansion

     The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention

Hypernyms

• image, sculpture, simulacrum

Hyponyms

• bust, figurine

Derived terms

• statued
• statuelike
• statuesque

Related terms

• statuary
• statuette

Translations

Verb

statue (third-person singular simple present statues, present participle statuing, simple past and past participle statued)

1. (transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

     The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.

Anagrams

• astute

Danish

Noun

statue c (singular definite statuen, plural indefinite statuer)

1. statue

Inflection

References

• “statue” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French statue, from Latin statua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.ty/

Noun

statue f (plural statues)

1. statue

Derived terms

• statue de la Liberté

Related terms

• statuaire

Further reading

• “statue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tuâtes

Italian

Noun

statue f

1. plural of statua

Anagrams

• astute

Latin

Verb

statue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of statu?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin statua

Noun

statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuer, definite plural statuene)

1. a statue

Related terms

• statuett

References

• “statue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin statua

Noun

statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuar, definite plural statuane)

1. a statue

Related terms

• statuett

References

• “statue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?k?t/

Noun

maquette (plural maquettes)

1. A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
   • 2009, Joe Fig, Inside the Painter's Studio (page 51)

     And I thought, if I can imagine this place in real life, I can build it in the studio and then paint from the maquette as if it were a real landscape. In terms of process this was a breakthrough for me […]

Translations

Verb

maquette (third-person singular simple present maquettes, present participle maquetting, simple past and past participle maquetted)

1. (art, transitive, intransitive, rare) To prepare a maquette (of).

French

Etymology

From Italian macchietta (“speck, little spot”), diminutive of macchia (“spot”), ultimately from Latin macula (“spot, stain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.k?t/

Noun

maquette f (plural maquettes)

1. model, mock-up

Derived terms

• maquettiste

Descendants

• ? Catalan: maqueta
• ? English: maquette
• ? German: Maquette, Makette
• ? Greek: ?????? (makéta)
• ? Portuguese: maquete, maqueta
• ? Romanian: machet?

Further reading

• “maquette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).