art
/ɑːt/
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Translation
Things people make to be beautiful, such as paintings or drawings.
Word origin
From Latin ars, meaning skill or craft, which came into English through Old French.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ars
Grammar
Gender
Pluralarts
Examples
museum.
"Art" means things people make to be beautiful.
paints weekend.
Here "art" is the making of beautiful pictures.
college teaches , , .
"Arts" is the plural, meaning more than one kind of art.
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