statuette

Definition

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French statuette, from statue f + -ette (feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette (diminutive suffix).

Example Sentences

• "[…] may be discovered not far from a charming statuette of Queen Alexandra, and there is also the figurette of King George's elder brother."
• "Some statuettes are not monochrome but represent characters. That is why they are called nanofigures."