name · noun · verb · 25 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
Received-Pronunciation:/ɑːt/
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General-American:/ɑɹt/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Estuary-English:[ɑːʔ]
Ireland:[äˑɹt]
Ireland:[-ɻ-]
Ireland, Ulster:[ɑˑɻt]
Northern-England, Wales:[aːt]
Northern-England, Wales:[äːt]
Northern-England, Wales, Geordie:[ɒːt]
New-York-City:[ɒət]
New-York-City:[ɒɹt]rhotic
Canada:[ɑ̈ɹt]
Canada, Atlantic-Canada:[ɐɹt]
Australian, New-Zealand:/ɐːt/
Australian, New-Zealand:[äːt]
General-South-African:/ɑːt/
General-South-African:[ɑːth]
General-South-African:[-tsh]
Received-Pronunciation:/ət/
General-American:/əɹt/
CMU ARPABET:AA1 R T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
She's mastered the art of programming.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The study and the product of these processes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
He's at university to study art.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Aesthetic value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Artwork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.
art collection
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
I'm a great supporter of the arts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
(often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
noun
Meaning 12
Abbreviation of Achilles tendon reflex time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: artwork, graphics, nontextual matter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual communication
Narrower terms: illustration, drawing
History
Etymology
Clipping.
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”).
From Middle English art, from Old English eart, second-person singular present indicative of wesan. Further etymology uncertain, see are. Cognate with Faroese ert and Icelandic ert.
Across languages
Translations
419 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kuns
— human effort
Albanian:
art
— human effort
Albanian:
zeje
— human effort
Albanian:
vepër
— human effort
Amharic:
ጥበብ
(ṭəbäb)
— human effort
Arabic:
فَنّ
(fann)
— human effort
Arabic:
فُنُون
(funūn)
— human effort
Arabic:
صَنْعَة
(ṣanʕa)
— human effort
Arabic:
فن
(fann)
— human effort
Armenian:
արվեստ
(arvest)
— human effort
Asturian:
arte
— human effort
Azerbaijani:
incəsənət
— human effort
Azerbaijani:
sənət
— human effort
Bashkir:
сәнғәт
(sənğət)
— human effort
Belarusian:
маста́цтва
(mastáctva)
— human effort
Bengali:
শিল্প
(śilpo)
— human effort
Bulgarian:
изку́ство
(izkústvo)
— human effort
Burmese:
အနုပညာ
(a.nu.pa.nya)
— human effort
Catalan:
art
— human effort
Chechen:
исбаьхьалла
(isbäḥralla)
— human effort
Chinese Cantonese:
藝術 /艺术
(ngai6 seot6)
— human effort
Chinese:
йишу
(yišu)
— human effort
Eastern Min Chinese:
藝術 /艺术
(ngiê-sŭk)
— human effort
Chinese:
藝術 /艺术
(gē-su̍t)
— human effort
Chinese Mandarin:
藝術 /艺术
(yìshù)
— human effort
Wu Chinese:
藝術 /艺术
(6gni-zeq)
— human effort
Czech:
umění
— human effort
Danish:
kunst
— human effort
Dutch:
kunst
— human effort
Esperanto:
arto
— human effort
Estonian:
kunst
— human effort
Faroese:
list
— human effort
Finnish:
taide
— human effort
French:
art
— human effort
Galician:
arte
— human effort
Georgian:
ხელოვნება
(xelovneba)
— human effort
German:
Kunst
— human effort
Greek:
τέχνη
(téchni)
— human effort
Ancient Greek:
τέχνη
(tékhnē)
— human effort
Greenlandic:
eqqumiitsuliorneq
— human effort
Hebrew:
אָמָּנוּת
(omanút)
— human effort
Hindi:
कला
(kalā)
— human effort
Hindi:
फ़न
(fan)
— human effort
Hungarian:
művészet
— human effort
Hunsrik:
Kunst
— human effort
Icelandic:
list
— human effort
Ido:
arto
— human effort
Indonesian:
seni
— human effort
Irish:
ealaín
— human effort
Italian:
arte
— human effort
Japanese:
技術
(gijutsu)
— human effort
Japanese:
芸術
(geijutsu)
— human effort
Japanese:
アート
(āto)
— human effort
Kannada:
ಕಲೆ
(kale)
— human effort
Kashubian:
kùńszt
— human effort
Kazakh:
өнер
(öner)
— human effort
Kazakh:
көркемөнер
(körkemöner)
— human effort
Khmer:
សិល្បៈ
(səlləpaʼ)
— human effort
Korean:
예술
(yesul)
— human effort
Korean:
아트
(ateu)
— human effort
Northern Kurdish:
hiner
— human effort
Kyrgyz:
искусство
(iskusstvo)
— human effort
Kyrgyz:
чеберчилик
(cebercilik)
— human effort
Kyrgyz:
көркөмөнөр
(körkömönör)
— human effort
Ladin:
ert
— human effort
Lao:
ສິນ
(sin)
— human effort
Lao:
ສິນລະປະ
— human effort
Latin:
ars
— human effort
Latvian:
māksla
— human effort
Limburgish:
kóns
— human effort
Lithuanian:
menas
— human effort
Macedonian:
у́метност
(úmetnost)
— human effort
Malay:
seni
— human effort
Malayalam:
കല
(kala)
— human effort
Māori:
toi
— human effort
Māori:
mahi toi
— human effort
Mauritian Creole:
lar
— human effort
Mongolian:
урлаг
(urlag)
— human effort
Mongolian:
ᠤᠷᠠᠯᠢᠭ
(uraliɣ)
— human effort
Norman:
art
— human effort
Norwegian Bokmål:
kunst
— human effort
Occitan:
art
— human effort
Old English:
cræft
— human effort
Ossetian:
аивад
(aivad)
— human effort
Pashto:
صنعت
(san'át)
— human effort
Pashto:
آرت
(ārt)
— human effort
Pashto:
هنر
(honár)
— human effort
Pashto:
فن
(fan)
— human effort
Iranian Persian:
هُنَر
(honar)
— human effort
Iranian Persian:
فَنّ
(fann)
— human effort
Polish:
sztuka
— human effort
Portuguese:
arte
— human effort
Punjabi:
ਕਲਾ
(kalā)
— human effort
Romanian:
artă
— human effort
Russian:
иску́сство
(iskússtvo)
— human effort
Russian:
уме́ние
(uménije)
— human effort
Northern Sami:
dáidda
— human effort
Sanskrit:
कला
(kalā)
— human effort
Sardinian:
arte
— human effort
Sarikoli:
sanaat
— human effort
Scots:
airt
— human effort
Serbo-Croatian:
у̀метно̄ст
— human effort
Serbo-Croatian:
у̀мјетно̄ст
— human effort
Serbo-Croatian:
ùmetnōst
— human effort
Serbo-Croatian:
ùmjetnōst
— human effort
Sinhalese:
කලාව
(kalāwa)
— human effort
Slovak:
umenie
— human effort
Slovene:
umetnost
— human effort
Spanish:
arte
— human effort
Swedish:
konst
— human effort
Tagalog:
sining
— human effort
Tajik:
санъат
(san'at)
— human effort
Tajik:
ҳунар
(hunar)
— human effort
Tajik:
фанн
(fann)
— human effort
Tamil:
கலை
(kalai)
— human effort
Tatar:
сәнгать
(sänğät)
— human effort
Thai:
ศิลปะ
(sǐn-lá-bpà)
— human effort
Tibetan:
ལག་རྩལ
(lag rtsal)
— human effort
Tigrinya:
ጥበብ
(ṭəbäb)
— human effort
Turkish:
sanat
— human effort
Turkish:
zanaat
— human effort
Turkish:
elişi
— human effort
Turkish:
dörüt
— human effort
Turkish:
epik
— human effort
Ottoman Turkish:
صنعت
(sanʼat, zanʼat)
— human effort
Ottoman Turkish:
فن
(fenn)
— human effort
Ottoman Turkish:
هنر
(hüner)
— human effort
Turkmen:
sungat
— human effort
Turkmen:
çeperçilik
— human effort
Ukrainian:
мисте́цтво
(mystéctvo)
— human effort
Urdu:
فَن
(fan)
— human effort
Uyghur:
سەنئەت
(sen'et)
— human effort
Uzbek:
sanʼat
— human effort
Vietnamese:
nghệ thuật
— human effort
Volapük:
lekan
— human effort
Welsh:
celfyddyd
— human effort
Yakut:
дьоҕур
(joğur)
— human effort
Yiddish:
קונסט
(kunst)
— human effort
Afrikaans:
kuns
— conscious production or arrangement
Arabic:
فَنّ
(fann)
— conscious production or arrangement
Arabic:
فُنُون
(funūn)
— conscious production or arrangement
Armenian:
արվեստ
(arvest)
— conscious production or arrangement
Azerbaijani:
sənət
— conscious production or arrangement
Azerbaijani:
incəsənət
— conscious production or arrangement
Basque:
arte
— conscious production or arrangement
Belarusian:
маста́цтва
(mastáctva)
— conscious production or arrangement
Bulgarian:
изку́ство
(izkústvo)
— conscious production or arrangement
Chinese Mandarin:
藝術 /艺术
(yìshù)
— conscious production or arrangement
Czech:
umění
— conscious production or arrangement
Danish:
kunst
— conscious production or arrangement
Dutch:
kunst
— conscious production or arrangement
Finnish:
taide
— conscious production or arrangement
French:
art
— conscious production or arrangement
German:
Kunst
— conscious production or arrangement
Greek:
τέχνη
(téchni)
— conscious production or arrangement
Ancient Greek:
τέχνη
(tékhnē)
— conscious production or arrangement
Icelandic:
list
— conscious production or arrangement
Icelandic:
kúnst
— conscious production or arrangement
Ido:
arto
— conscious production or arrangement
Irish:
ealaín
— conscious production or arrangement
Italian:
arte
— conscious production or arrangement
Japanese:
技術
(gijutsu)
— conscious production or arrangement
Japanese:
芸術
(geijutsu)
— conscious production or arrangement
Japanese:
アート
(āto)
— conscious production or arrangement
Kannada:
ಕಲೆ
(kale)
— conscious production or arrangement
Korean:
미술
(misul)
— conscious production or arrangement
Korean:
아트
(ateu)
— conscious production or arrangement
Latin:
ars
— conscious production or arrangement
Lithuanian:
menas
— conscious production or arrangement
Luxembourgish:
Konscht
— conscious production or arrangement
Macedonian:
уметност
(umetnost)
— conscious production or arrangement
Marathi:
कला
(kalā)
— conscious production or arrangement
Norwegian Bokmål:
kunst
— conscious production or arrangement
Old English:
cræft
— conscious production or arrangement
Iranian Persian:
صَنْعَت
(san'at)
— conscious production or arrangement
Polish:
sztuka
— conscious production or arrangement
Portuguese:
arte
— conscious production or arrangement
Romanian:
artă
— conscious production or arrangement
Russian:
иску́сство
(iskússtvo)
— conscious production or arrangement
Scots:
airt
— conscious production or arrangement
Slovak:
umenie
— conscious production or arrangement
Spanish:
arte
— conscious production or arrangement
Swedish:
konst
— conscious production or arrangement
Tagalog:
sining
— conscious production or arrangement
Tajik:
санъат
(san'at)
— conscious production or arrangement
Tamil:
கலை
(kalai)
— conscious production or arrangement
Thai:
ศิลปะ
(sǐn-lá-bpà)
— conscious production or arrangement
Turkish:
sanat
— conscious production or arrangement
Turkish:
dörüt
— conscious production or arrangement
Ottoman Turkish:
صنعت
(sanʼat, zanʼat)
— conscious production or arrangement
Ottoman Turkish:
فن
(fenn)
— conscious production or arrangement
Welsh:
celfyddyd
— conscious production or arrangement
Yakut:
дьоҕур
(joğur)
— conscious production or arrangement