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Etymology

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

Noun

Singular sculpture

Plural sculptures

sculpture (plural sculptures)

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  1. The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor
  2. A work of art created by sculpting; such works as a group

Verb

Infinitive to sculpture

Third person singular sculptures

Simple past sculptured

Past participle sculptured

Present participle sculpturing

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

to fashion into 3D figure
to represent in sculpture
  • Finnish: esittää fi(fi)
  • Macedonian: изваја mk(mk) (ízvaja)
to shape a land feature
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  • Romanian: a sculpta

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Pronunciation

Noun

sculpture f. (plural sculptures)

  1. sculpture

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