arts
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
art 1
(ärt)n.
1.
a. The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
b. Such activity in the visual or plastic arts: takes classes in art at the college.
c. Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group: art on display in the lobby.
2. A field or category of art, such as music, ballet, or literature.
3. A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
4. A skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of negotiation. See Synonyms at skill.
5.
a. arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks.
b. Artful contrivance; cunning.
6. Printing Illustrative material, especially in contrast to text.
art 2
(ərt; ärt when stressed)v. Archaic
A second person singular present indicative of be.
ART
abbr.
antiretroviral therapy
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
arts
(ɑːts)pl n
1. (Art Terms)
a. the arts imaginative, creative, and nonscientific branches of knowledge considered collectively, esp as studied academically
b. (as modifier): an arts degree.
2. (Art Terms) See fine art
3. cunning or crafty actions or plots; schemes
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
Noun 1. [画像:arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)]arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
neoclassicism - revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
classicalism, classicism - a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans"
Romantic Movement, Romanticism - a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"
English - the discipline that studies the English language and literature
history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
art history - the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture
chronology - the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events
beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance
Occidentalism - the scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people
Oriental Studies, Orientalism - the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
literary study - the humanistic study of literature
library science - the study of the principles and practices of library administration
philology, linguistics - the humanistic study of language and literature
musicology - the scholarly and scientific study of music
Sinology - the study of Chinese history and language and culture
stemmatics, stemmatology - the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis); "stemmatology also plays an important role in musicology"; "transcription errors are of decisive importance in stemmatics"
trivium - (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence
quadrivium - (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
الآداب، المَواضيع الأدَبِيَّه
humanitní/společenské vědy
humanistiske fag
bölcsészet
hugvísindi
humanitné vedy
sosyal bilimler
arts
[ˈɑːrts] npl (= culture) the arts → les arts mpla patron of the arts → un mécène
arts
Arts [ˈɑːrts] npl (UNIVERSITY) → lettres fpl
You can study arts or science → Vous pouvez faire lettres ou science.art school n → école f des beaux-arts Arts Council n organisme publique britannique chargé de la promotion des arts et de la culturearts degree Arts degree n → licence f ès lettres arts student Arts student n → étudiant(e) m/f en lettres art student n → étudiant(e) m/f des beaux-arts
You can study arts or science → Vous pouvez faire lettres ou science.art school n → école f des beaux-arts Arts Council n organisme publique britannique chargé de la promotion des arts et de la culturearts degree Arts degree n → licence f ès lettres arts student Arts student n → étudiant(e) m/f en lettres art student n → étudiant(e) m/f des beaux-arts
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Arts
:Arts Council
n → Kulturausschuss m (der britischen Regierung)
arts degree
n → Abschlussexamen nt → der philosophischen Fakultät
Arts Faculty, Faculty of Arts
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
arts
[ɑːts] npl (Univ) → lettere fpl, studi mpl umanisticithe arts → le belle arti
arts and crafts → artigianato
Faculty of Arts → facoltà di Lettere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
art
(aːt) noun1. painting and sculpture. I'm studying art at school; Do you like modern art?; (also adjective) an art gallery, an art college. kuns فَن изкуство arte umění (výtvarné); umělecký die Kunst kunst τέχνη arte (kujutav) kunst هنر maalaus ja kuvanveisto art, beaux-arts אֳמָנוּת कला umjetnost művészet seni list arte 美術 미술 menas māksla; mākslas- seni kunst kunst, forming sztuka هنر arte (de) artă (plastică) искусство výtvarné umenie (likovna) umetnost umetnost konst ศิลปะ sanat 美術 мистецтво فن کاری ، مصوری mỹ thuật 美术
2. any of various creative forms of expression. painting, music, dancing, writing and the other arts. kuns فَن (الرَّسم، الموسيقى، الشِّعْر) изкуство arte umění die Kunst kunstart τέχνη arte kunst شاخه ها ی مختلف هنر taide art אֳמָנוּיוֹת कला की कोई विधा umjetnost művészet(i ág) seni list, listgrein arte 芸術 예술 menas, meno sritis māksla seni kunst kunst sztuka, dziedzina sztuki د هنر بیلابیلی څانګی arte artă искусство umenie umetnost umetnosti konst ผลงานทางศิลปะ sanat 藝術 вид мистецтва فنکارانہ تخلیق nghệ thuật 艺术
3. an ability or skill; the (best) way of doing something. the art of conversation/war. kuns مَهارَه умение arte dovednost, umění die Kunst kunst τέχνη, δεξιοτεχνία arte oskus, kunst مهارت taito art אָמָנוּת कौशल umijeće „tudomány" keahlian, kiat list arte 技術 기술 menas, sugebėjimas māksla; prasme kemahiran kunst kunst sztuka مهارت arte artă мастерство umenie spretnost umeće (veština) konst ทักษะทางศิลปะ usul, beceri 技術 уміння ہنر مندی ، فن tài riêng 技术
ˈartful adjective clever; having a lot of skill (usually in a bad sense). an artful thief. vindingryk ماكِر، حاذِق، ماهِر хитрост astuto rafinovaný, vynalézavý listig snedig; udspekuleret επιτήδειος, ικανός astuto; con artimaña osav زبردست؛ حیله گر kekseliäs rusé ערמומי चालाक prepreden ügyes cerdik, licin kænn, slægur astuto 巧妙な 기교가 풍부한 gudrus, apsukrus viltīgs; slīpēts licik gewiekst listig, slu przebiegły ماهر ، چالاک astuto viclean; abil хитроумный prefíkaný prekanjen vešt förslagen, slug มีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม kurnaz, şeytan 狡猾的 спритний; хитрий کاریگری ma mãnh 狡猾的
ˈartfully adverb vindingryk بِمَهارَة، بِفَنِّيَّه хитър astutamente obratně, rafinovaně listig snedigt; udspekuleret επιτήδεια astutamente; con mucha maña osavalt با هنرمندی kekseliäästi astucieusement בְּעָרְמָה कुशलतापूर्वक prepredeno ügyesen secara cerdik kænlega astutamente 巧みに 교묘하게 gudriai viltīgi; slīpēti dengan liciknya gewiekst listig przebiegle له چالاکی سره ، په مهارت سره astutamente cu viclenie хитроумно prefíkane prekanjeno vešto förslaget, slugt อย่างมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม kurnazca 狡猾地 спритно فن کارانہ khéo léo 狡猾地
ˈartfulness noun vindingrykheid فَنِّـيَّـه хитрост astúcia obratnost, rafinovanost die List snedighed; udspekulerethed επιτηδειότητα astucia; artimaña osavus هنرمندی kekseliäisyys astuce ערמה कौशल prepredenost ügyesség kecerdikan kænska astuzia 巧妙さ 교묘 gudrumas, apsukrumas viltība kelicikan gewiekstheid list, sluhet przebiegłość هنرمندی astúcia viclenie хитроумность prefíkanosť, ľstivosť zvijačnost veština förslagenhet, list ความมีเล่ห์เหลี่ยม kurnazlık 狡猾 спритність فن کاری sự khéo léo 狡猾
arts noun plural (often with capital) languages, literature, history, as opposed to scientific subjects. kunste الآداب، المَواضيع الأدَبِيَّه художествен Humanas humanitní/společenské vědy die Geisteswissenschaften (pl.) humanistiske fag κλασικές επιστήμες Letras, Filosofía y Letras humanitaaralad کارهای هنری humanistiset tieteet lettres אָמָנוּיוֹת कला društve znanosti bölcsészet ilmu-ilmu sastra hugvísindi Lettere, materie umanistiche 人文科学 인문 과학 humanitariniai mokslai humanitārās zinātnes sastera letteren humanistiske fag nauki humanistyczne هنری کارونه Letras domenii umaniste гуманитарные науки humanitné vedy humanistične vede društvene nauke (nasuprot prirodnim naukama), kao predmeti proučavanja u školi ili na fakultetu ämnen inom humanistiska fakulteten, humaniora ศิลปศาสตร์ sosyal bilimler 文科 гуманітарні науки فنون ، فنون لطیفہ môn nghệ thuật 文科
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.