beaux arts
French, noun
beaux arts is spelled B-E-A-U-X-A-R-T-S (9 letters). Beaux arts is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of beaux-arts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, beaux-arts is a different word: “the fine arts”.
What does beaux arts mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of beaux-arts
noun
- 1
masculinethe fine arts
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Style artistique du XIXᵉ et début du XXᵉ siècle caractérisé par son néoclassicisme. 2. Écoles des beaux-arts.
noun: 1. Arts considérés comme nobles, contenant les arts plastiques. 2. Ensemble des six arts traditionnellement reconnus : peinture, gravure, sculpture, architecture, musique et danse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of beaux arts
- beaux arts alternative
- Beaux-Arts
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).