"art" in seven languages
Meaningart
Spanish
arte
/ˈaɾte/
masc.inherited
Masculine in the singular (el arte moderno), feminine in the plural (las bellas artes).
French
art
/aʁ/
masc.inherited
Italian
arte
/ˈarte/
fem.inherited
Portuguese
arte
/ˈahtʃi/
fem.inherited
Romanian
artă
/ˈartə/
fem.learned
Catalan
art
/art/
masc.inherited
English
art
/ɑɹt/
from Latin/French · Old French art
English → ItalianartarteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ARTEM (nom. ARS)‘skill, craft’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
ARS was any skill — the 'liberal arts' were the skills of a free man. Latin ARS was feminine; Italian keeps that, French made it masculine, and Spanish hesitates between the two.
English relatives: art, artist, artisan, artificial
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In a sentence
- esMe encanta el arte moderno.
- frJ'adore l'art moderne.
- itAdoro l'arte moderna.
- ptAdoro arte moderna.
- roAdor arta modernă.
- caM'encanta l'art modern.
- enI love modern art.