figurine

[fig-yuh-reen]

noun

1. a small ornamental figure of pottery, metal, plastic, etc.; statuette.

figurine

/ ˌfɪɡəˈriːn /

noun

1. a small carved or moulded figure; statuette

Word History and Origins

Origin of figurine¹

1850–55; < French < Italian figurina, equivalent to figur ( a ) figure + -ina -ine ¹ (here diminutive)

Word History and Origins

Origin of figurine¹

C19: from French, from Italian figurina a little _figure

Example Sentences

Exquisite, also, is a grouping of several soft-paste-biscuit tabletop figurines—classical and idyllic scenes depicting lovers, children, goddesses and bathers, all designed by Boucher.

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Weibel’s first blind box was a baby figurine wearing a snake hat.

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She stows a small knitted figurine of legendary England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, made for her by a friend's grandmother when Aldcroft was a teenager, in her kit bag for every game.

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Inside, dainty horse figurines painted in pastels peek out from nooks and crannies.

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There are also prize apparatuses dedicated largely to Funko’s plastic figurines.

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Related Words

• copy 
• figure 
• image 
• painting 
• photograph 
• picture 
• portrait