Meanings
nounfigurette (plural figurettes)
plural figurettes
- A figurine.
[…] the sausages of Bologna, and even the macaroni of Naples and the plaster figurettes of Lucca.
2006 July 28, Megan Marshall, “The boisterous life of a libertine who worked with Mozart”, in The New York Times1 more example
[…] may be discovered not far from a charming statuette of Queen Alexandra, and there is also the figurette of King George's elder brother.
1921, The Graphic, volume 103, page 444
Origin
- Frenchfigurette
- Englishfigurette
From French figurette. By surface analysis, figure + -ette.
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Rhymes with figurette
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APA
figurette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/figurette
MLA
“figurette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/figurette. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “figurette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/figurette.
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