beaux-arts

See also: beaux arts

English

Alternative forms

• beaux arts

Etymology

Borrowed from French beaux-arts.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /boʊˈzɑɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəʊˈzɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

beaux-arts pl (plural only)

1. The fine arts, especially in reference to the widely imitated conventional type of art and architecture advocated at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

French

Alternative forms

• beaux arts

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo.z‿aʁ/

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Noun

beaux-arts m pl (plural only)

1. the fine arts

Further reading

• “beaux-arts”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.