beaux-arts

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French beaux-arts.

Pronunciation

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

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bo.z‿aʁ/
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Noun

beaux-arts m pl (plural only)

  1. the fine arts

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