Sculpture Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Noun
    • 1.2.1 Translations
  • 1.3 Verb
    • 1.3.1 Translations
  • 1.4 Related terms
  • 1.5 External links
• 2 French
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun
  • 2.3 Anagrams

English

Etymology

From Middle English < Old French < Latin sculptura (“sculpture”) < sculpere (“to cut out, carve in stone”).

Noun

sculpture (usually uncountable; plural sculptures)

1. (uncountable) The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor
2. (countable) A work of art created by sculpting.
3. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.

Verb

to sculpture (third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured)

1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
2. To represent something in sculpture.
3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.

Translations

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Related terms

• sculpt
• sculptor
• sculptureless
• sculpturelike

External links

• sculpture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sculpture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• sculpture at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skyl.tyʁ/ (p is not pronounced)
• Homophones: sculptures

Noun

sculpture f. (plural sculptures)

1. sculpture

Anagrams

• sculpteur

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• Nuclear Energy (Sculpture)