Borrowed from Frenchstatuette, from statuef + -ette(feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette(diminutive suffix).
発音
IPA: /ˌstætjuˈɛt/, /ˌstætʃuˈɛt/
韻: -ɛt
名詞
statuette (pluralstatuettes)
A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.
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.
2019 July 3, Filip, “LEGO Microfigures, Minifigures, and Nanofigures”, in Minifigures Blog, archived from the originalon26September 2021: