figurine
noun/ˌfɪɡəˈriːn/
/ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn/
- a small statue of a person or an animal Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from Italian figurina, diminutive of figura, from Latin figura ‘shape, figure, form’; related to fingere ‘form, contrive’.
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