figurine

Borrowed from French figurine.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɪɡ(j)əˈɹin/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɪɡ(j)əˈɹin/

figurine (plural figurines)

1. A small carved or molded figure; a statuette.
   • 2009 January 2, Lucy Mangan, “Anti-obesity advert is sweet and easy to digest”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Galvanised by this knowledge, the figurine family take to exercise and healthy eating in the park, forming themselves into the key words "Eat" (better), "Move" (more) and "Live" (longer) of the government's urgings and soon the municipal landscape is filled with other happy, healthier families who, incidentally, look even more delicious en masse.

   • 2017, Isabelle Vella Gregory, “35. Mediterranean—Sardinia”, in Timothy Insoll, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines, Oxford University Press, page 808:

     While figurines were an integral part of Late Neolithic and Early Copper Age life, they disappear from society until the later Nuragic period. […] The lack of figurines is a conscious choice, as is the decision to produce over 500 bronze figurines (bronzetti) in phases III and IV of the Nuragic period.

• figurine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Italian figurina.

• IPA^(key): /fi.ɡy.ʁin/

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figurine f (plural figurines)

1. figurine
2. (games) miniature

• figure

• “figurine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

figurine f

1. plural of figurina

figurine f pl

1. plural of figurină