figurine
/fɪɡ(j)əˈɹin/noun
figurine is spelled F-I-G-U-R-I-N-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, figurine means “A small carved or molded figure; a statuette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of figurine is figurines.
How many letters and syllables are in figurine?
| Letters | 8: F-I-G-U-R-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,912th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is figurine?
Figurine appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,912th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce figurine?
- US /fɪɡ(j)əˈɹin/
- UK /fɪɡ(j)əˈɹin/
Figurine has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-figurine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with figurine?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as figurine from its last stressed vowel (/in/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of figurine
- figurines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does figurine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small carved or molded figure; a statuette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Figurine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a small carved or molded figure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | figurine, statuette |
| German | Figürchen |
| Portuguese | estatueta |
| Spanish | figura, figurín, figurilla, figurita |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does figurine come from?
Borrowed from French figurine, equivalent to figure + -ine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).