objet d'art

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒbʒeɪ ˈdɑː(ɹ)/

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

• Dutch: kunstwerk (nl) n, kunstvoorwerp (nl) n
• Finnish: taide-esine
• French: objet d'art (fr) m

• Italian: oggettino m
• Russian: произведе́ние иску́сства n (proizvedénije iskússtva), арт-объе́кт (ru) m (art-obʺjékt)

artwork exhibited

• Finnish: taide-esine

• Japanese: オブジェ (ja) (obuje)

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• German: ^{(please verify)} Kunstobjekt n

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} obra de arte f