French Conversation · Level 88
60 words
French word
beaux-arts
Pronunciation
IPA/bozaʁ/
Meaning
- masculine nounfine arts
Example
L'école propose des cours de beaux-arts.
The school offers fine arts courses.
More examples
Elle étudie les beaux-arts à l'université.
She studies fine arts at the university.
Core concept
Visual making shaped through color, form, and space, from painting and sculpture to architecture.
Common phrases
étudier les beaux-arts
study fine arts
musée des beaux-arts
fine arts museum
diplôme en beaux-arts
degree in fine arts
Similar words
art: A general term for human aesthetic expression and its products, including painting, music, and dance.
arts plastiques: Visual creative work that uses paper, clay, paint, and similar materials to make forms and colors.
peinture: An artistic expression made by applying paint or pigment to a flat surface, or the resulting work.
sculpture: Three-dimensional artistic work made by carving, shaping, or modeling clay, stone, or metal.
Definition in French
beaux-arts désigne, au pluriel, les disciplines artistiques consacrées à la création visuelle et plastique, comme la peinture, la sculpture et l'architecture.
Word origin
The compound combines the plural form beaux of French beau, from Latin bellus, with arts, from Latin ars through French.
Usage tips
- In les beaux-arts, the final x of beaux is pronounced as /z/ before arts, while the final s of arts remains silent.