escultura

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sculptūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kulˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kulˈtu.ɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: es‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

escultura f (plural escultures)

1. sculpture

Further reading

• “escultura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “escultura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “escultura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “escultura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sculptura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskulˈtuɾa/ [es̺.kul̪ˈt̪u.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: es‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

escultura f (plural esculturas)

1. sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)

Related terms

• escultor

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sculptūra.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [is.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], /es.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [es.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [is.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], /es.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [es.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [iʃ.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], /eʃ.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/ [eʃ.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kuwˈtu.ɾa/ [es.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kulˈtu.ɾɐ/ [(i)ʃ.kuɫˈtu.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

escultura f (plural esculturas)

1. sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)

Derived terms

• escultural
• lipoescultura

 

Related terms

• esculpir
• escultor

 

Descendants

• → Tetum: eskultura

Further reading

• “escultura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sculptura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskulˈtuɾa/ [es.kul̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: es‧cul‧tu‧ra

Noun

escultura f (plural esculturas)

1. sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)

Derived terms

• escultural
• lipoescultura

 

Related terms

• esculpir

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: iskultura

Further reading

• “escultura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10