work of art

English

Noun

work of art (plural works of art)

1. A product of the fine arts; a painting, sculpture, etc.

   Synonym: artwork

   • 2012, Ivan Berg, Nik Berg, Top Gear: Motor Mania

     The Beetle's cheap, frugal and functional nature attracted legions of flower-power fans and the little Vee Dubs became symbols, moving protests and even works of art.

2. Anything beautiful, exquisite, or finely crafted.
   • 2012, Andrew Smith, A Quarter Life Crisis, page 102:

     She was bedazzling, in short she was a work of art. She looked as natural as it's possible to be in an age of cosmetics; her hair was flowing and beautiful and she was a picture of summery goodness.

Translations

product of the fine arts

• Azerbaijani: bədii əsər
• Bashkir: әҫәр (əśər)
• Basque: artelan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 作品 (zh) (zuòpǐn), 藝術品／艺术品 (zh) (yìshùpǐn), 藝術作品／艺术作品 (yìshù zuòpǐn), 美術作品／美术作品 (měishù zuòpǐn)

• Czech: umělecké dílo n
• Danish: kunstværk n
• Dutch: kunstwerk (nl) n
• Esperanto: artaĵo
• Estonian: kunstiteos
• Faroese: listaverk n
• Finnish: taideteos (fi)
• French: œuvre d’art (fr) f
• Georgian: ხელოვნების ნაწარმოები (xelovnebis nac̣armoebi), ხელოვნების ნიმუში (xelovnebis nimuši)
• German: Kunstwerk (de) n
• Greek: έργο τέχνης (el) n (érgo téchnis)
• Hungarian: műalkotás (hu), műtárgy (hu)
• Icelandic: listaverk (is) n
• Italian: opera d'arte f
• Japanese: 作品 (ja) (さくひん, sakuhin), 芸術作品 (げいじゅつさくひん, geijutsu sakuhin)
• Kannada: ಕಲಾಕೃತಿ (kn) (kalākṛti), ಕರಕುಶಲ ವಸ್ತು (kn) (karakuśala vastu)
• Khmer: ការងារ​សិល្បៈ (kaa ngiə-səlləpaʼ)
• Korean: 미술품(美術品) (ko) (misulpum), 예술품(藝術品) (ko) (yesulpum)
• Kumyk: асар (asar)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: afirandin (ku) f

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: уметничко дело n (umetničko delo)
• Mirandese: obra-d'arte
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kunstverk (no) n

  Nynorsk: kunstverk n

• Polish: dzieło sztuki (pl) n
• Portuguese: obra de arte (pt) f
• Romanian: operă de artă
• Russian: произведе́ние иску́сства n (proizvedénije iskússtva)
• Slovene: umetniško delo n, umetnina f
• Spanish: obra de arte f
• Swedish: konstverk (sv) n
• Tamil: கலைப் படைப்பு (kalaip paṭaippu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: sanat eseri (tr), eser (tr)
• Vietnamese: tác phẩm nghệ thuật

anything beautiful or exquisite

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精品 (zh) (jīngpǐn)

• Esperanto: belaĵo
• Finnish: taideteos (fi)
• German: Kunstwerk (de) n
• Greek: έργο τέχνης (el) n (érgo téchnis)
• Hebrew: מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָמָּן (he) (ma'asé yadéi omán)
• Russian: произведе́ние иску́сства n (proizvedénije iskússtva)
• Slovene: umetniško delo n, umetnina f