arts

See also: arts. and ärts

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹts/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːts/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ts

Noun

arts

1. plural of art.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 2, in The Mirror and the Lamp‎^[1]:

     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.

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

Derived terms

• arts and crafts
• fine arts

• household arts
• martial arts
• performing arts

Translations

the study of languages and literature

• Thai: อักษรศาสตร์ (àk-sɔ̌ɔ-rá-sàat)

the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts

• Thai: ศิลปศาสตร์ (sǐn-lá-bpà-sàat)

liberal arts

• Thai: ศิลปศาสตร์ (sǐn-lá-bpà-sàat)

Anagrams

• RATs, RTAs, Star, TSRA, rats, sart, star, tars, tsar

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Catalan

Noun

arts

1. plural of art

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Danish

Noun

arts c

1. indefinite genitive singular of art

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ersetere, arseter, arsete, from Old Dutch ercetere. 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/

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• Hyphenation: arts

Noun

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

1. (male) physician, doctor

Synonyms

• dokter
• geneesheer
• heelmeester
• medicus

Derived terms

• artsenij
• artsenpraktijk
• dierenarts
• huisarts
• kinderarts
• longarts
• oogarts
• oorarts
• schoolarts
• standsarts
• tandarts
• veearts
• wondarts

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: arts

Anagrams

• rats, star

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

arts m

1. plural of art

Anagrams

• rats, star, tsar

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Latvian

Participle

arts (def. artais)

1. plowed; indefinite past passive participle of art 

   arts tīrums ― plowed field

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of arts

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	arts	arti		arta	artas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	artu	artus		artu	artas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	arta	artu		artas	artu
dative (datīvs)	artam	artiem		artai	artām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	artu	artiem		artu	artām
locative (lokatīvs)	artā	artos		artā	artās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

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Occitan

Noun

arts

1. plural of art

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Swedish

Noun

arts

1. indefinite genitive singular of art