Art Nouveau

See also: art nouveau

English

Hôtel Verlaine in Liège, Belgium, an example of a building designed in an Art Nouveau style

Alternative forms

• art nouveau

Etymology

Borrowed from French art nouveau (literally “new art”).

Proper noun

Art Nouveau (uncountable)

1. A decorative style of art and architecture that especially used the sinuous and flowing lines of plants.

Translations

style of art and architecture

• Catalan: modernisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新艺术运动

• Czech: secese (cs) f
• Danish: jugendstil c
• Dutch: art nouveau (nl), jugendstil (nl)
• Finnish: jugend
• French: Art nouveau (fr), modern-style (fr) m, modern style (fr) m, style nouille m, style 1900
• German: Jugendstil (de) m
• Hungarian: szecesszió (hu)
• Indonesian: seni baru
• Japanese: アール・ヌーヴォー (āru nūvō)
• Malay: art nouveau
• Norman: Art Nouvé m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jugendstil m

  Nynorsk: jugendstil m

• Polish: secesja (pl) f
• Portuguese: art nouveau m
• Romanian: artă nouă f
• Russian: ар-нуво́ (ru) m (ar-nuvó)
• Slovene: secesija f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: młoźinski stil m