Meanings
sculptor1
nounsculptor (plural sculptors)
plural sculptors
- A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.
2013 July 10, Daniel Prendergast, “‘You don’t have the cojones’: 54-year-old woman fronts up to would-be muggers who pointed gun at her chest”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2016
Sculptor2
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
sculptor · noun
- Latinsculptor
- Englishsculptor
Borrowed from Latin sculptor, equivalent to sculpt + -or.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Sculptor · proper noun
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans beeldhouer
- beeldhouera person who sculpts
Ancient Greek γλύπτης, ἀγαλματοποιός
- γλύπτης (glúptēs)a person who sculpts
- ἀγαλματοποιός (agalmatopoiós)a person who sculpts
Arabic نَحَّات, مَثَّال
- نَحَّات (naḥḥāt)a person who sculpts
- مَثَّال (maṯṯāl)a person who sculpts
Basque eskultore, zizelkari
- eskultorea person who sculpts
- zizelkaria person who sculpts
Bulgarian ску́лптор, ску́лпторка
- ску́лптор (skúlptor)a person who sculpts
- ску́лпторка (skúlptorka)a person who sculpts
- вая́тел (vajátel)a person who sculpts
- вая́телка (vajátelka)a person who sculpts
Catalan escultor, escultora
- escultora person who sculpts
- escultoraa person who sculpts
Chinese Mandarin 雕刻家, 雕塑家
- 雕刻家 (diāokèjiā)a person who sculpts
- 雕塑家 (diāosùjiā)a person who sculpts
Czech sochař, sochařka
- sochařa person who sculpts
- sochařkaa person who sculpts
- řezbářa person who sculpts
- řezbářkaa person who sculpts
Danish billedhugger, skulptør
- billedhuggera person who sculpts
- skulptøra person who sculpts
Dutch beeldhouwer, beeldhouwster
- beeldhouwera person who sculpts
- beeldhouwstera person who sculpts
- Beeldhouwerconstellation
Esperanto skulptisto, Skulptisto
- skulptistoa person who sculpts
- Skulptistoconstellation
Estonian skulptor, kujur
- skulptora person who sculpts
- kujura person who sculpts
Finnish kuvanveistäjä, Kuvanveistäjä
- kuvanveistäjäa person who sculpts
- Kuvanveistäjäconstellation
French sculpteur, sculptrice
- sculpteura person who sculpts
- sculptricea person who sculpts
- Sculpteurconstellation
German Skulpteur, Skulpteurin
- Skulpteura person who sculpts
- Skulpteurina person who sculpts
- Bildhauera person who sculpts
- Bildhauerina person who sculpts
- Bildhauerconstellation
Greek γλύπτης, γλύπτρια
- γλύπτης (glýptis)a person who sculpts
- γλύπτρια (glýptria)a person who sculpts
- Γλύπτης (Glýptis)constellation
Hindi मूर्तिकार, संगतराश
- मूर्तिकार (mūrtikār)a person who sculpts
- संगतराश (saṅgatrāś)a person who sculpts
- बुततराश (buttarāś)a person who sculpts
- बुत-तराश (but-tarāś)a person who sculpts
- नक़्क़ाश (naqqāś)a person who sculpts
Hungarian szobrász
- szobrásza person who sculpts
Icelandic myndhöggvari
- myndhöggvaria person who sculpts
Indonesian pemahat, pengukir
- pemahata person who sculpts
- pengukira person who sculpts
- pematunga person who sculpts
Irish dealbhóir, snoíodóir
- dealbhóira person who sculpts
- snoíodóira person who sculpts
Italian scultore, scultrice
- scultorea person who sculpts
- scultricea person who sculpts
Japanese 彫刻家
- 彫刻家 (chōkokuka)a person who sculpts
Korean 조각가
- 조각가 (jogakga)a person who sculpts
Latin sculptor
- sculptora person who sculpts
Latvian tēlnieks, tēlniece
- tēlnieksa person who sculpts
- tēlniecea person who sculpts
Lithuanian skulptorius, skulptorė
- skulptoriusa person who sculpts
- skulptorėa person who sculpts
Malay pengukir, Pengukir
- pengukira person who sculpts
- Pengukirconstellation
Māori kaiwhakairo, kaitārai
- kaiwhakairoa person who sculpts
- kaitāraia person who sculpts
Norwegian Bokmål skulptør, billedhugger
- skulptøra person who sculpts
- billedhuggera person who sculpts
- Billedhuggerenconstellation
Norwegian Nynorsk Bilethoggaren, Bildehoggaren
- Bilethoggarenconstellation
- Bildehoggarenconstellation
Polish rzeźbiarz, rzeźbiarka
- rzeźbiarza person who sculpts
- rzeźbiarkaa person who sculpts
- Rzeźbiarzconstellation
Portuguese escultor, Escultor
- escultora person who sculpts
- Escultorconstellation
Romanian sculptor, sculptoriță
- sculptora person who sculpts
- sculptorițăa person who sculpts
Russian ску́льптор, вая́тель
- ску́льптор (skúlʹptor)a person who sculpts
- вая́тель (vajátelʹ)a person who sculpts
- вая́тельница (vajátelʹnica)a person who sculpts
- Скульптор (Skulʹptor)constellation
Slovak sochár, sochárka
- sochára person who sculpts
- sochárkaa person who sculpts
Spanish escultor, escultora
- escultora person who sculpts
- escultoraa person who sculpts
- Sculptorconstellation
Swedish skulptör, bildhuggare
- skulptöra person who sculpts
- bildhuggarea person who sculpts
- Bildhuggarenconstellation
Tagalog manlililok
- manlililoka person who sculpts
Thai ประติมากร
- ประติมากร (bprà-dtì-maa-gɔɔn)a person who sculpts
Turkish heykelci, heykeltıraş
- heykelcia person who sculpts
- heykeltıraşa person who sculpts
- yontucua person who sculpts
Ukrainian ску́льптор, ску́льпторка
- ску́льптор (skúlʹptor)a person who sculpts
- ску́льпторка (skúlʹptorka)a person who sculpts
- різьбя́р (rizʹbjár)a person who sculpts
- різьбя́рка (rizʹbjárka)a person who sculpts
Urdu بُت تَراش, مُجَسَّمَہ ساز
- بُت تَراش (but tarāś)a person who sculpts
- مُجَسَّمَہ ساز (mujassama sāz)a person who sculpts
- سَن٘گ تَراش (saṅg tarāś)a person who sculpts
- نَقّاش (naqqāś)a person who sculpts
Vietnamese nhà điêu khắc, nhà điêu khắc
- nhà điêu khắca person who sculpts
- nhà điêu khắcconstellation
Cite this entry
APA
sculptor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sculptor
MLA
“sculptor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sculptor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sculptor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sculptor.
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