statuette — meaning in English

English meaning

• figurine noun A small statue or carved figure, often decorative.
• statuette noun A small statue, often made of bronze, marble, or a similar material.

Senses

statuette is used for these senses in English:

• statuette 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.

Related French words