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art en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ɐːt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
[ɑːʔ] (Estuary-English)
/ɑːt/ (General-South-African)
(UK) audio
[-ɻ-] (Ireland)
/ɑɹt/ (General-American)
[äːt] (Northern-England, Wales)
[äˑɹt] (Ireland)
[ɒət] (New-York-City)
[aːt] (Northern-England, Wales)
[ɐɹt] (Atlantic-Canada, Canada)
[ɑːtʰ] (General-South-African)
[-tsʰ] (General-South-African)
[ɑˑɻt] (Ireland, Ulster)
[ɒɹt] (New-York-City) rhotic
/ɑːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
[äːt] (Australia, New-Zealand)
[ɒːt] (Geordie, Northern-England, Wales)
[ɑ̈ɹt] (Canada)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft. See also archaic English list (“art, craft, cunning, skill”).

Meanings

(uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
- Visual art is a subjective understanding or perception of the viewer as well as a deliberate/conscious arrangement or creation of elements like colours, forms, movements, sounds, objects or other elements that produce a graphic or plastic whole that expresses thoughts, ideas or visions of the artist. 2009, Alexander Brouwer, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- "I tell her what Donald Hall says: that the problem with workshops is that they trivialize art by minimizing the terror." 2005 July, Lynn Freed, Harper's:
- There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
- B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world. R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it? B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do. R. Jeeves: Very good, sir. 1992 May 3, “Comrade Bingo”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:
(uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
(countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
- She's mastered the art of programming.
(uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
- He's at university to study art.
(uncountable) Aesthetic value.
- Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
(uncountable) Artwork.
- art collection
- Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.
(countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
- I'm a great supporter of the arts.
(countable) (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
(countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
- A physician was immediately sent for; but on the first moment of beholding the corpse, he declared that Elvira's recovery was beyond the power of art. 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 217:
- Let's make sandwiches out of colored paper and teach people how to listen. Listening is a social art and we had best hang on to it. A tape recording stuck in your ear won't do. 1983 December 3, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 21:
- The relation of science to art may be summed up in a brief expression: From Science comes Prevision: from Prevision comes Action. 1855, Harriet Martineau's translation, The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte Vol. 1, Introduction, Ch. 2, page 21, from Auguste Comte, Cours de philosophie positive (1830–1842)
- The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:
(dated, uncountable) Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.
- [...] and Mrs. Earnshaw undertook to keep her sister-in-law in due restraint, when she returned home employing art, not force—with force she would have found it impossible. 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter VI, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume I, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 112:
- it was not art, Of wisdom and of justice when he spoke— When ’mid soft looks of pity, there would dart A glance as keen as is the lightning’s stroke When it doth rive the knots of some ancestral oak. 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 222:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
arts	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Antonyms

nature (antonym(s) of “Human effort”) · subsistence (antonym(s) of “Human effort”)

Synonyms

craft (Human effort)

Translations (419)

af kunswerk (artwork) · de Kunst (human effort) · ps صنعت (human effort) · ur صَنْعَت (skillful creative activity) · pl sztuka (conscious production or arrangement) · az sənət (conscious production or arrangement) · kk көркемөнер (human effort) · kn ಕಲೆ (human effort) · kk өнер (human effort) · da kunstværk (artwork) · ru иску́сство (artwork) · kl eqqumiitsuliorneq (human effort) · la ars (skill) · pt arte (conscious production or arrangement) · nl kunst (conscious production or arrangement) · ps آرت (human effort) · tr elişi (human effort) · fr art (field or category of art) · ko 아트 (conscious production or arrangement) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (human effort) · tk sungat (human effort) · ja 技術 (conscious production or arrangement) · nrf art (human effort) · af kuns (human effort) · mk уметност (skillful creative activity) · mn урлаг (skillful creative activity) · ca art (human effort) · ar فَنّ (field or category of art) · ja 芸術 (skillful creative activity) · kn ಕಲೆ (study) · fa فَنّ (human effort) · ja 芸術 (human effort) · eu arte (conscious production or arrangement) · nl kunstwerk (aesthetic value) · la ars (aesthetic value) · la ars (field or category of art) · uk мисте́цтво (aesthetic value) · io arto (skillful creative activity) · tr sanat (conscious production or arrangement) · cs umění (skill) · es arte (conscious production or arrangement) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (skill) · ta கலை (human effort) · ar فُنُون (artwork) · fi taide (aesthetic value) · ja アート (skillful creative activity) · my အတတ်ပညာ (skillful creative activity) · sh ùmjetnōst (human effort) · sh у̀мјетно̄ст (human effort) · ang cræft (conscious production or arrangement) · it arte (skill) · ar فَنّ (aesthetic value) · my အနုပညာ (human effort) · ru мастерство́ (skill) · sl umetnost (human effort) · it arte (artwork) · io arto (human effort) · af kuns (skill) · km សិល្បៈ (human effort) · ur فَن (human effort) · is list (conscious production or arrangement) · sah дьоҕур (skillful creative activity) · hu művészet (human effort) · tr sanatsallık (aesthetic value) · sq zeje (artwork) · mn ᠤᠷᠠᠯᠢᠭ (human effort) · lt menas (human effort) · zh йишу (human effort) · lv māksla (human effort) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (aesthetic value) · ky чеберчилик (human effort) · th ศิลปะ (human effort) · ota هنر (human effort) · bn শিল্পকলা (skillful creative activity) · hi फ़न (human effort) · pt obra de arte (artwork) · tg санъат (conscious production or arrangement) · ce исбаьхьалла (human effort) · tr sanat (skillful creative activity) · ru иску́сство (skillful creative activity) · kk өнер (skillful creative activity) · pl sztuka (skillful creative activity) · ro artă (conscious production or arrangement) · my အနုပညာ (skillful creative activity) · he אׇמָּנוּת (skillful creative activity) · af kuns (skillful creative activity) · ur آرْٹ (skillful creative activity) · ota صنعت (conscious production or arrangement) · sk umenie (study) · pt arte (human effort) · ky өнөр (skillful creative activity) · be маста́цтва (aesthetic value) · ota فن (conscious production or arrangement) · be маста́цтва (field or category of art) · mi mahi toi (artwork) · ar فَنّ (human effort) · ta கலை (skillful creative activity) · pt humana (nonscientific branch of learning) · lt menas (conscious production or arrangement) · tr eser (artwork) · tr sanat eseri (artwork) · sa कला (human effort) · sco airt (skill) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (artwork) · ur فَن (skillful creative activity) · cs umění (artwork) · sc arte (human effort) · be маста́цтва (artwork) · he אָמָּנוּת (human effort) · hi कला (human effort) · cs umění (conscious production or arrangement) · li kóns (human effort) · io arto (field or category of art) · da kunst (human effort) · it arte (human effort) · pt arte (study) · sah дьоҕур (conscious production or arrangement) · el επιτηδειότητα (skill) · it disciplina umanistica (nonscientific branch of learning) · be маста́цтва (conscious production or arrangement) · nl kunst (skillful creative activity) · sv konst (nonscientific branch of learning) · sv konst (conscious production or arrangement) · ka ხელოვნება (skillful creative activity) · sk umenie (artwork) · pt arte (field or category of art) · el τέχνη (skillful creative activity) · ja アート (conscious production or arrangement) · fr œuvre (artwork) · ar فُنُون (human effort) · yue 藝術 /艺术 (human effort) · lo ສິນ (human effort) · ko 아트 (human effort) · fi taide (field or category of art) · tt сәнгать (skillful creative activity) · vi nghệ thuật (skillful creative activity) · ar فُنُون (study) · ar فُنُون (field or category of art) · ru иску́сство (skill) · sq zeje (human effort) · af kuns (conscious production or arrangement) · fi taide (conscious production or arrangement) · mk ве́штина (skill) · oc art (human effort) · de Kunstwerk (artwork) · pt arte (skillful creative activity) · fa هُنَر (skill) · ru иску́сство (conscious production or arrangement) · es arte (study) · fa هُنَر (field or category of art) · mn ᠤᠷᠠᠯᠢᠭ (skillful creative activity) · kmr hiner (human effort) · sh у̀метно̄ст (human effort) · tl sining (conscious production or arrangement) · bg уме́ние (skillful creative activity) · vo lekan (human effort) · sco airt (conscious production or arrangement) · grc τέχνη (human effort) · mi mahi toi (human effort) · pa ਕਲਾ (human effort) · fa هُنَر (human effort) · gl arte (human effort) · ru уме́ние (human effort) · ro artă (human effort) · kmr huner (skillful creative activity) · ta ஓவியம் (artwork) · mk у́метност (human effort) · ko 예술 (skillful creative activity) · fi taideteos (artwork) · lld ert (human effort) · ko 아트 (skillful creative activity) · sco airt (skillful creative activity) · km សិល្បៈ (skillful creative activity) · sv konst (skill) · ar فَنّ (artwork) · tk çeperçilik (human effort) · ja 技術 (human effort) · am ጥበብ (human effort) · sq art (skillful creative activity) · fi kuvataide (study) · ja 芸術 (conscious production or arrangement) · tg санъат (human effort) · el τέχνη (human effort) · nl kunst (skill) · da kunst (conscious production or arrangement) · pt arte (skill) · cdo 藝術 /艺术 (human effort) · yi קונסט (human effort) · ky көркөмөнөр (human effort) · ru иску́сство (aesthetic value) · ko 예술 (human effort) · cs umění (human effort) · bo སྒྱུ་རྩལ (skillful creative activity) · fi taito (skill) · th ศิลปะ (conscious production or arrangement) · fr art (skill) · sv konstverk (artwork) · cs umění (skillful creative activity) · tr sanat (human effort) · eo arto (human effort) · bg изку́ство (conscious production or arrangement) · grc τέχνη (skillful creative activity) · it arte (study) · os аивад (human effort) · lv māksla (skillful creative activity) · bg изку́ство (skillful creative activity) · hy արվեստ (skill) · ba сәнғәт (human effort) · hy արվեստ (conscious production or arrangement) · fi kuvaamataito (study) · tr dörüt (human effort) · ms seni (human effort) · fa هُنَر (skillful creative activity) · ja 技術 (skillful creative activity) · la ars (human effort) · mi toi (human effort) · io arto (conscious production or arrangement) · el τέχνη (artwork) · is list (human effort) · fr art (conscious production or arrangement) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (conscious production or arrangement) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (human effort) · ta கலை (artwork) · sq art (human effort) · cy celfyddyd (conscious production or arrangement) · fo list (human effort) · ota صنعت (human effort) · sv konst (field or category of art) · ru иску́сство (nonscientific branch of learning) · el τέχνη (conscious production or arrangement) · sv konst (human effort) · id seni (skillful creative activity) · ga ealaín (conscious production or arrangement) · mr कला (skillful creative activity) · ota فن (skillful creative activity) · se dáidda (human effort) · az incəsənət (skillful creative activity) · hi आर्ट (skillful creative activity) · hy արվեստ (human effort) · ja アート (human effort) · cv ӳнер (skillful creative activity) · tl sining (field or category of art) · ug سەنئەت (human effort) · ru иску́сство (human effort) · la ars (conscious production or arrangement) · mk уметност (conscious production or arrangement) · fr art (skillful creative activity) · tr sanat (skill) · cy celfyddyd (study) · sl umetnost (skillful creative activity) · nb kunst (human effort) · lo ສິນລະປະ (skillful creative activity) · ar فَنّ (conscious production or arrangement) · ang cræft (skillful creative activity) · uz sanʻat (skillful creative activity) · mk уметничко дело (artwork) · ml കല (human effort) · pt arte (aesthetic value) · ta கலை (conscious production or arrangement) · ug سەنئەت (skillful creative activity) · ang cræft (human effort) · sh ùmetnōst (skillful creative activity) · de Kunst (conscious production or arrangement) · tl sining (human effort) · af kuns (study) · la ars (skillful creative activity) · bn কলা (skillful creative activity) · az incəsənət (conscious production or arrangement) · yi קונסטווערק (artwork) · bo ལག་རྩལ (human effort) · ml കല (field or category of art) · ce исбаьхьалла (skillful creative activity) · uz sanʼat (human effort) · lb Konscht (conscious production or arrangement) · mk уметност (field or category of art) · uk мисте́цтво (field or category of art) · hy արվեստ (artwork) · ro lucrare de artă (artwork) · wuu 藝術 /艺术 (human effort) · sk umenie (human effort) · ga ealaín (study) · csb kùńszt (human effort) · sk umenie (skillful creative activity) · sk umenie (conscious production or arrangement) · ro artă (skillful creative activity) · ps هنر (human effort) · da kunst (skillful creative activity) · ky искусство (human effort) · be маста́цтва (skillful creative activity) · ru иску́сство (field or category of art) · io artaleso (aesthetic value) · ar فَنّ (skillful creative activity) · tr zanaat (human effort) · tk sungat (skillful creative activity) · fi taide (study) · la ars (study) · ms seni (skillful creative activity) · ru уме́ние (skill) · io arto (aesthetic value) · tr dörüt (skillful creative activity) · mfe lar (human effort) · ba сәнғәт (skillful creative activity) · srh sanaat (human effort) · fi taide (nonscientific branch of learning) · be маста́цтва (human effort) · sq vepër (human effort) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (skillful creative activity) · si කලාව (human effort) · it disciplina umanistica (field or category of art) · yi קונסט (skillful creative activity) · af kuns (aesthetic value) · ur صَنْعَت (skill) · tr yapıt (artwork) · nb kunst (skillful creative activity) · sk umenie (skill) · tg ҳунар (human effort) · bn শিল্প (human effort) · ps فن (human effort) · ga ealaín (aesthetic value) · ga ealaín (skillful creative activity) · sco airt (field or category of art) · lt menas (skillful creative activity) · sh ùmetnōst (human effort) · fa صَنْعَت (conscious production or arrangement) · sv konst (skillful creative activity) · kn ಕಲೆ (skillful creative activity) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (nonscientific branch of learning) · nb kunst (conscious production or arrangement) · ota صنعت (skillful creative activity) · cy celfyddyd (skillful creative activity) · cs umění (field or category of art) · sq vepër (artwork) · ps هنر (skillful creative activity) · th ศิลปะ (skillful creative activity) · zh 技術 /技术 (skill) · sh у̀метно̄ст (skillful creative activity) · hy արվեստ (field or category of art) · es arte (artwork) · is list (artwork) · lo ສິນລະປະ (human effort) · mn урлаг (human effort) · tt сәнгать (human effort) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (field or category of art) · af kunste (field or category of art) · es arte (human effort) · fr art (human effort) · ar فُنُون (nonscientific branch of learning) · kn ಕಲೆ (conscious production or arrangement) · sco airt (artwork) · uk мисте́цтво (human effort) · hu művészet (skillful creative activity) · ta கலை (field or category of art) · ar صَنْعَة (human effort) · fi taide (skillful creative activity) · nl kunst (study) · cy celfyddyd (aesthetic value) · ar فن (skillful creative activity) · ar فُنُون (conscious production or arrangement) · fi taide (human effort) · kmr fen (skillful creative activity) · km សិល្ប (skillful creative activity) · ta கலை (aesthetic value) · zh 藝術 /艺术 (study) · ar فُنُون (aesthetic value) · bg уме́ние (skill) · ga ealaín (human effort) · et kunst (skillful creative activity) · uk мисте́цтво (artwork) · ar فن (human effort) · bg изку́ство (human effort) · pl dzieło sztuki (artwork) · nl kunst (human effort) · sk umenie (field or category of art) · ru иску́сство (study) · hi कला (skillful creative activity) · id seni (human effort) · grc τέχνη (conscious production or arrangement) · ti ጥበብ (human effort) · ar فَنّ (nonscientific branch of learning) · fr art (aesthetic value) · tg фанн (human effort) · et kunst (human effort) · ro operă de artă (artwork) · hy արվեստ (skillful creative activity) · cy celfyddyd (human effort) · pl sztuka (human effort) · ka ხელოვნება (human effort) · bua уралиг (skillful creative activity) · vi nghệ thuật (human effort) · is kúnst (conscious production or arrangement) · sh ùmjetnōst (skillful creative activity) · fr art (study) · ar فُنُون (skillful creative activity) · uk мисте́цтво (skillful creative activity) · it arte (aesthetic value) · ota فن (human effort) · hrx Kunst (human effort) · it arte (skillful creative activity) · ta கலை (study) · tr dörüt (conscious production or arrangement) · tg санъат (skillful creative activity) · it produzione artistica (artwork) · it arte (conscious production or arrangement) · sah дьоҕур (human effort) · tr epik (human effort) · fr art (nonscientific branch of learning) · mr कला (field or category of art) · ro artă (aesthetic value) · az sənət (human effort) · es arte (skillful creative activity) · el τέχνη (field or category of art) · ast arte (human effort) · ar فَنّ (study) · is list (skillful creative activity) · ko 미술 (conscious production or arrangement) · az incəsənət (human effort) · sh у̀мјетно̄ст (skillful creative activity) · sco airt (human effort) · mr कला (conscious production or arrangement)

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