figurette

English

Etymology

From French figurette. By surface analysis, figure +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

figurette (plural figurettes)

1. A figurine.
   • 1921, The Graphic, volume 103, page 444:

     […] may be discovered not far from a charming statuette of Queen Alexandra, and there is also the figurette of King George's elder brother.

   • 2006 July 28, Megan Marshall, “The boisterous life of a libertine who worked with Mozart”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] the sausages of Bologna, and even the macaroni of Naples and the plaster figurettes of Lucca.