different between statuette vs taxonomy

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.

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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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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