Английский Этимологический словарь - statue
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Statue
statue
- c.1375, from O.Fr. statue, from L. statua, back-formation from statuere "to cause to stand, set up," from status "a standing, position," from stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "stand." Statuary is from 1563. Statuesque is from early 1820s, patterned on picturesque.
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~ n an image of a person or animal that is made in solid material such as stone or metal and is usually large (a bronze statue of a horse | The Communist Party had put up many statues of its leaders.) (- compare sculpture) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(statues) A statue is a large sculpture of a person or an animal, made of stone or metal. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French e~, ~, from Latin statua, from ~re to set up — more at statute Date: 14th century a three-dimensional representation usually of a person, animal, or mythical being that is produced by sculpturing, modeling, or casting ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. a sculptured, cast, carved, or moulded figure of a person or animal, esp. life-size or larger (cf. STATUETTE). Derivatives statued adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L statua f. stare stand ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. статуя, изваяние a statue in marble —- мраморная статуя to cast a statue —- отливать статую 2. статуя-памятник a statue to Lincoln —- статуя, воздвигнутая в честь Линкольна we erected a statue to his memory —- в память о нем мы поставили статую ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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