art
/ɑɹt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.29 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
Uncountable
noun
The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
Uncountable
noun
A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
Countable
noun
(often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism."
- "B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world. R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it? B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do. R. Jeeves: Very good, sir."
- ""I tell her what Donald Hall says: that the problem with workshops is that they trivialize art by minimizing the terror.""
- "Visual art is a subjective understanding or perception of the viewer as well as a deliberate/conscious arrangement or creation of elements like colours, forms, movements, sounds, objects or other elements that produce a graphic or plastic whole that expresses thoughts, ideas or visions of the artist."
- "She's mastered the art of programming."
- "He's at university to study art."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft. See also archaic English list (“art, craft, cunning, skill”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂er-, art, artem, eart
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑɹt/
- British English: /ɑːt/