Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maquette

/mæˈkɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: ma-que-tte
IPA: /mæˈkɛt/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.

verb

To prepare a maquette (of).

Example Sentences

"His presence would be an affront to my body; so, for it, there would be the rare delight of extinguishing an imperfect and distressed version of itself, a prototype, a maquette."
"And I thought, if I can imagine this place in real life, I can build it in the studio and then paint from the maquette as if it were a real landscape. In terms of process this was a breakthrough for me[…]"
"“Never, ever call me a dummy. The word "dummy" is degrading. I am a manually-articulated performative kinesio-maquette... named Dudley Dingleberry.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquette.

Inflected Forms

maquettes (plural) maquettes (present, singular) maquetting (participle, present) maquetted (participle, past) maquetted (past)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce maquette?: The recorded pronunciation is /mæˈkɛt/.
What does maquette mean?: A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.
Where does maquette come from?: Borrowed from French maquette.

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