From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra, from sculpō ("to cut out, to carve in stone").

• (America) IPA: /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈskʌlptj(ʊ)ə/, /ˈskʌlpt͡ʃə/

sculpture (uncountable)

1. (countable) A three dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
   • 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC ↗:

     There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.

2. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
3. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell.
4. (archaic) A printed picture, such as an engraving.

• French: sculpture
• German: Bildhauerkunst, Skulptur
• Italian: scultura
• Portuguese: escultura
• Russian: вая́ние
• Spanish: escultura

• French: sculpture
• German: Skulptur
• Italian: scultura
• Portuguese: escultura
• Russian: скульпту́ра
• Spanish: escultura

sculpture (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.

• Spanish: esculpir

• Spanish: esculpir

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