sculpture
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/, /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: sculp‧ture
Noun
[edit]sculpture (usually uncountable, plural sculptures)
- (countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
- 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
- Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
- (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
- (archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving.
- 1690, “Preface to the Reader”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page i:
- Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated with Sculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]art of sculpting
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work of art created by sculpting
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Verb
[edit]sculpture (third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured)
- To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
- To represent something in sculpture.
- To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Translations
[edit]to fashion into 3D figure
to represent in sculpture
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Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sculpture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sculpture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sculpture”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /skyl.tyʁ/ (p is not pronounced)
Audio: (file) - Homophone: sculptures
Noun
[edit]sculpture f (plural sculptures)
Further reading
[edit]- “sculpture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]sculptūre
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