arts

See also: Arts, arts., árts, ärts, and ARTS

English

Pronunciation

Noun

arts

  1. plural of art.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      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.

Noun

arts pl (plural only)

  1. The humanities.
    1. The study of languages and literature.
    2. The study of literature, philosophy, and the arts.
  2. The liberal arts.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch arts, from Middle Dutch ersetere, arsete, from Old Dutch ercetere. Influenced by German Arzt. All borrowed from Medieval Latin arcīāter, from Late Latin archīāter, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arts/
  • (file)

Noun

arts (plural artse)

  1. medical doctor
    Synonym: dokter

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

arts

  1. plural of art

Chinese

Etymology

From English arts.

Pronunciation


Noun

arts

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) arts; fine arts; liberal arts

References

  • Bauer, Robert S. (2021) ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 12

Danish

Noun

arts c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of art

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ersetere, arseter, arsete, from Old Dutch ercetere, from Proto-West Germanic *arcijātārī. 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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: arts

Noun

arts m (plural artsen, diminutive artsje n, feminine artse)

  1. physician, doctor

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: arts

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

arts m

  1. plural of art

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Latvian

Participle

arts (definite artais)

  1. plowed; indefinite past passive participle of art
    arts tīrumsplowed field

Declension

Occitan

Noun

arts

  1. plural of art

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

arts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of art

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