statuette/ˌstætjuˈɛt/EtymologyBorrowed from French statuette, from statue f + -ette (feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette (diminutive suffix).nounA 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.“[…] may be discovered not far from a charming statuette of Queen Alexandra, and there is also the figurette of King George's elder brother.”