🇫🇷 French

arts

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les arts

arts

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arts
/lez aʁ/
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How do you say arts in French?

IPA
/lez aʁ/

How do you pronounce arts in French?

arts is pronounced /lez aʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

L'art moderne est très apprécié par les collectionneurs contemporains.

Modern art is greatly appreciated by contemporary collectors. (The adjective 'moderne' and 'contemporains' must agree with the masculine noun 'art')

L'art classique français a influencé les artistes du monde entier.

Classical French art influenced artists from around the world. (The adjectives 'classique' and 'français' take masculine forms to agree with 'art')

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Why is it masculine?

Arts is masculine in French because it derives from Latin "ars" (nominative), which was a third-declension feminine noun. However, French retained the masculine gender for this word, likely due to phonetic evolution and analogy with other masculine nouns ending in -t.

What is the French word for arts?

The French word for arts is les arts — masculine.

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