• (British) IPA: /ˈstætʃ.uː/, /ˈstæt.juː/
• (America) IPA: /ˈstætʃu/

statue (plural statues)

1. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
   • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene 3]:

     I will raise her statue in pure gold.

2. (dated) A portrait.

• statuary
• statuette

• French: statue
• German: Statue, Standbild
• Italian: statua
• Portuguese: estátua
• Russian: ста́туя
• Spanish: estatua

statue (statues, present participle statuing; past and past participle statued)

1. (transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.

   • The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.