arts
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹts/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːts/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts
Noun
arts
- plural of art.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 2, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence.
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- The humanities.
- The study of languages and literature.
- The study of literature, philosophy, and the arts.
- The liberal arts.
Derived terms
Translations
the study of languages and literature
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the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
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liberal arts
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Catalan
Danish
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ersetere, arseter, arsete, from Old Dutch ercetere. The modern form is based on or influenced by German Arzt. All borrowed from Medieval Latin arcīāter, from Late Latin archīāter, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑrts/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: arts
Synonyms
Derived terms
- artsenij
- artsenpraktijk
- dierenarts
- huisarts
- kinderarts
- longarts
- schoolarts
- tandarts
- veearts
- wondarts
Descendants
- Afrikaans: arts
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aʁ
Latvian
Participle
arts (def. artais)
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of arts
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | arts | arti | arta | artas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | artu | artus | artu | artas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | arta | artu | artas | artu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | artam | artiem | artai | artām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | artu | artiem | artu | artām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | artā | artos | artā | artās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Swedish
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