statuette

[stach-oo-et]

noun

1. a small statue.

statuette

/ ˌstætjʊˈɛt /

noun

1. a small statue

Word History and Origins

Origin of statuette¹

From French, dating back to 1835–45; statue, -ette

Example Sentences

The space floats above a sea of tourists in Hollywood buying plastic Oscar statuettes at souvenir shops, but you wouldn’t know it by how quiet it gets up there.

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“Yankee” took home additional statuettes for sound and, as the category was then called, best scoring of a musical picture.

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Decades after Kennedy’s death, his portrait hung in the homes of many American Catholics, often adjacent to religious iconography such as Virgin Mary statuettes.

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Erin Doherty, who played a psychologist, was another winner as she scored a statuette for supporting actress.

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Hit series from this year’s slate, including “Severance,” “Hacks” and the aforementioned shows, could soon grab golden statuettes, and their casts and creatives will assemble in Los Angeles for the starry night this weekend.

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Related Words

• bronze 
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• effigy 
• figure 
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• likeness 
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• statuary