statue
French, noun
statue is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Statue is a French feminine noun meaning “statue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of statuer. With an accent, statué is a different word: “past participle of statuer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure en pied, de plein relief, représentant une divinité, un personnage humain, une allégorie, un animal”.
What does statue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestatue
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of statuer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure en pied, de plein relief, représentant une divinité, un personnage humain, une allégorie, un animal.
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 statue
- statues plural
- statuée feminine
- statués masculine plural
- statuées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to statue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is statue in French?
statue appears 16 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).