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The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as architecture or carpentry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the study and creation of visual works of art
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beaux arts
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
Narrower terms: painting, sculpture, carving, architecture
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فُنُون جَمِيلَة
(funūn jamīla)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Asturian:
belles artes
— purely aesthetic arts
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Azerbaijani:
təsviri incəsənət
— purely aesthetic arts
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Azerbaijani:
təsviri sənət
— purely aesthetic arts
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Burmese:
အနုပညာ
(a.nu.pa.nya)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Catalan:
belles arts
— purely aesthetic arts
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Chinese Mandarin:
美術 /美术
(měishù)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Dutch:
schone kunsten
— purely aesthetic arts
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Esperanto:
belartoj
— purely aesthetic arts
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Estonian:
kaunid kunstid
— purely aesthetic arts
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Finnish:
kaunotaide
— purely aesthetic arts
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Finnish:
taide
— purely aesthetic arts
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French:
beaux-arts
— purely aesthetic arts
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Galician:
belas artes
— purely aesthetic arts
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Georgian:
სახვითი ხელოვნება
(saxviti xelovneba)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Georgian:
ნატიფი ხელოვნება
(naṭipi xelovneba)
— purely aesthetic arts
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German:
bildende Künste
— purely aesthetic arts
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German:
schöne Künste
— purely aesthetic arts
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Greek:
καλές τέχνες
(kalés téchnes)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Hindi:
ललित कला
(lalit kalā)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Hindi:
ललित कलाएँ
(lalit kalāẽ)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Hungarian:
képzőművészet
— purely aesthetic arts
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Hungarian:
szépművészetek
— purely aesthetic arts
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Indonesian:
seni murni
— purely aesthetic arts
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Indonesian:
seni adiluhung
— purely aesthetic arts
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Irish:
na healaíona uaisle
— purely aesthetic arts
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Italian:
belle arti
— purely aesthetic arts
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Japanese:
美術
(bijutsu)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Japanese:
ファインアート
(fain āto)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Kannada:
ಶಿಲ್ಪ
(śilpa)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Korean:
순수미술
(sunsumisul)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Korean:
순수예술
(sunsuyesul)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Malay:
seni halus
— purely aesthetic arts
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Mongolian:
яруу урлаг
(jaruu urlag)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Persian:
هنرهای زیبا
(honar-hâ-ye zibâ)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Polish:
sztuki piękne
— purely aesthetic arts
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Polish:
plastyka
— purely aesthetic arts
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Portuguese:
belas artes
— purely aesthetic arts
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Romanian:
arte frumoase
— purely aesthetic arts
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Russian:
изобрази́тельное иску́сство
(izobrazítelʹnoje iskússtvo)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Russian:
изя́щные иску́сства
(izjáščnyje iskússtva)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Serbo-Croatian:
likovne umjetnosti
— purely aesthetic arts
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Spanish:
bellas artes
— purely aesthetic arts
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Spanish:
bellos artes
— purely aesthetic arts
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Swedish:
sköna konster
— purely aesthetic arts
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Tagalog:
belyas-artes
— purely aesthetic arts
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Thai:
วิจิตรศิลป์
(wí-jìt-dtrà-sǐn)
— purely aesthetic arts
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Turkish:
güzel sanatlar
— purely aesthetic arts
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Vietnamese:
mỹ thuật
— purely aesthetic arts
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Volapük:
jönavalekans
— purely aesthetic arts
