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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesesculpir
Pronunciation / Transliteration: esculpir
"Ele gosta de esculpir objetos detalhados em argila."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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To create or represent a figure or design in a hard material such as stone or wood, or by shaping soft material like clay.
"The artist began to sculpt the marble into a delicate human figure."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'sculpere', meaning 'to carve or engrave', passing through Middle French 'sculpter' and Italian 'scultare' before entering English in the early 17th century. Over time, the meaning expanded from strictly carving hard materials like stone and wood to include shaping malleable substances and, metaphorically, forming the physical body or abstract concepts.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sculpt" is said worldwide
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sculpter
Transliteration: sculpter
"Il aime sculpter le bois pendant son temps libre."
bildhauern
Transliteration: bildhauern
"Sie lernt, Figuren aus Stein zu bildhauern."
scolpire
Transliteration: scolpire
"Michelangelo ha iniziato a scolpire il marmo in giovane età."
esculpir
Transliteration: esculpir
"El artista va a esculpir una estatua para la plaza."
esculpir
Transliteration: esculpir
"Ele gosta de esculpir objetos detalhados em argila."
मूर्त-रूप देना
Transliteration: murt-roop dena
"वह पत्थर को तराशकर एक मूर्ति बनाना चाहता है।"
雕刻
Transliteration: diāokè
"艺术家用大理石雕刻了一匹马。"
조각하다
Transliteration: jogakhada
"그는 진흙으로 사람의 얼굴을 조각했다."
彫刻する
Transliteration: chōkoku suru
"彼は木を彫刻して動物の置物を作った。"
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