objet d'art

English

Etymology

From French objet (“object”) and d'art (“of art”).

Noun

objet d’art (plural objets d’art)

1. A work of art with some artistic merit.
2. An artwork exhibited for the purposes of decoration or the reflection of social status.

Translations

work of art

• Finnish: taide-esine (fi)

• Russian: произведение искусства (ru) (proizvedénije iskússtva) n

artwork exhibited

• Finnish: taide-esine (fi)

• Japanese: オブジェ (ja) (obuje)

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• German: Kunstobjekt (de) n

• Spanish: obra de arte (es) f