Phrase guide

visual arts

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

plural of visual art

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Art forms that are primarily visual in nature, such as painting, photography, printmaking, and filmmaking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فُنُون بَصَرِيَّة (funūn baṣariyya) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Armenian: կերպարվեստ (kerparvest) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Azerbaijani: təsviri incəsənət — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Belarusian: выяўле́нчае маста́цтва (vyjawljénčaje mastáctva) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Bulgarian: изобрази́телно изку́ство (izobrazítelno izkústvo) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 視覺藝術 /视觉艺术 (shìjué yìshù) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Czech: výtvarné umění — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Danish: billedkunst — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Dutch: beeldende kunst — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Estonian: kujutav kunst — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Finnish: kuvataide — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • French: art visuel — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Georgian: სახვითი ხელოვნება (saxviti xelovneba) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • German: bildende Kunst — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Greek: εικαστικές τέχνες (eikastikés téchnes) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Hebrew: אומנות חזותית (omanút khazutít) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Hindi: दृश्य कला (dŕśya kalā) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Hungarian: képzőművészet — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Icelandic: sjónlist — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Ido: arti vidala — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Italian: arte visiva — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Italian: arte visuale — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Japanese: 視覚芸術 (shikaku geijutsu) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Japanese: ビジュアルアート (bijuaru āto) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Kazakh: бейнелеу өнері (beineleu önerı) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Khmer: ទស្សន៍សិល្បៈ (tŭəh səlləpaʼ) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Korean: 시각 예술 (sigak yesul) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Latin: artes visuales — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Latvian: tēlotāja māksla — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Latvian: vizuālā māksla — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Latvian: tēlotājmāksla — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Macedonian: ликовна уметност (likovna umetnost) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Malay: seni tampak — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Malay: seni visual — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: billedkunst — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biletkunst — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Persian: هنرهای تجسمی (honar-hâ-ye tajassomi) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Polish: sztuki wizualne — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Polish: sztuki plastyczne — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Portuguese: artes visuais — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Romanian: artă vizuală — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Russian: изобрази́тельное иску́сство (izobrazítelʹnoje iskússtvo) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Serbo-Croatian: ликовна уметност — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Serbo-Croatian: ликовна умјетност — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Serbo-Croatian: likovna umetnost — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Serbo-Croatian: likovna umjetnost — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Slovak: výtvarné umenie — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Slovene: likovna umetnost — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Spanish: artes visuales — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Swedish: bildkonst — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Tagalog: sining biswal — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Tajik: ҳунарҳои таҷассумӣ (hunarho-yi tajassumi) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Thai: ทัศนศิลป์ (tát-sà-ná-sǐn) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Turkish: görsel sanatlar — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Ukrainian: образотво́рче мисте́цтво (obrazotvórče mystéctvo) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Ukrainian: візуальне мистецтво (vizualʹne mystectvo) — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Uzbek: tasviriy sanʼat — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Vietnamese: nghệ thuật thị giác — art forms that are primarily visual in nature
  • Welsh: celfyddydau gweledol — art forms that are primarily visual in nature