statua

See also: stàtua

English

Etymology

From Latin statua. Doublet of statue.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstatʃʊə/, /ˈstatjʊə/

Noun

statua (plural statuas or statuae)

1. (now rare, archaic) A statue. [from 15th c.]
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:

     whilst he played, he put his ring upon the finger of Venus' statua, which was thereby, made in brass  […]

Corsican

Noun

statua f (plural statue)

1. statue

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: statuas, statuât

Verb

statua

1. third-person singular past historic of statuer