statue A2 Topic:Materials & Substances US /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/ See IPA manual Freq #4004 Meanings 1 noun A figure of a person or animal carved or cast from stone, metal, or wood. A bronze statue of the poet stands in the square. Thesaurus Word family Forms statues Derived forms statuedstatuehoodstatuelessstatuelikestatuesquestatufiedstatuomania Related forms statuarystatuette Common collocations nude statue Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua. statue Old French statua Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # statue **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/ **Frequency rank:** 4004 ## Meanings 1. A figure of a person or animal carved or cast from stone, metal, or wood. ## Examples - A bronze statue of the poet stands in the square. ## Derived Forms - statued - statuehood - statueless - statuelike - statuesque - statufied - statuomania ## Related Forms - statuary - statuette ## Roots and Affixes - Root: statue - Root: statua ## Etymology From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua. ## AI Etymology Statue is from Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua. In present-day use, it means a figure of a person or animal carved or cast from stone, metal, or wood. Derived formations include statued, statuehood, statueless, statuelike, statuesque. ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown