art

Noun

1. (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.
2. (uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
3. (countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
4. (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
5. (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
6. (uncountable) Artwork.
7. (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
8. (countable) (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
9. (countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
10. (dated, uncountable) Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.

Verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of be

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: art

Inherited from Old English: eart

Cognate with Faroese: ert

Cognate with Icelandic: ert

Cognate with Old English: earon

In summary

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.

Synonyms

skill

craft

technique

ability

fine arts

arts

trade

workmanship

artwork

technology

graphics

fine art

method

nontextual matter

mastery

means

craftsmanship

dexterity

creation

accomplishment

cunning

artfulness

artistic production

artistry

work

trick

artistic creation

way

artistic work

science

artificiality

prowess

calling

📲

music

🎶

painting

🖼️

performance

drawing

division

attainment

dispatch

assign

artificial

depute

cunningness

labor

kung fu

know-how

creativity

artifice

knowhow

Translations

art

🎨

Kunst

🎨

arte

🎨

arte

🎨

arte

🎨

kunst

🎨

ars

🎨

τέχνη

sztuka

art

🎨

sanat

🎨

فَنّ

فُنُون

فن

Kunstfertigkeit

Sentences

A woman sits on a piece of art furniture .

A key objective of the group was the union of art and the people .

In the middle is Apollo the god of art , music and poetry .

The group was particularly influenced by the French color art .

He attended West Virginia University , where he studied computer science , English , and art .

Durand and his wife were art collectors .