sculpture
French, noun/skyl.tyʁ/
sculpture is spelled S-C-U-L-P-T-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sculpture is a French feminine noun meaning “sculpture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art de sculpter”.
What does sculpture mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesculpture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art de sculpter. 2. Ouvrage du sculpteur ; statue. 3. Ensemble des statues d’un lieu. 4. Dessins creusés sur la bande de roulement des pneus afin d’évacuer l’eau et d’éviter l’hydroplanage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sculpture
- sculptures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sculpture?
- /skyl.tyʁ/
- \skyl.tyʁ\
- [skyl.tyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sculpture
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sculpture in French?
sculpture appears 8.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).