quatrième art

\ka.tʁi.jɛ.m‿aʁ\

/\ka.tʁi.jɛ.m‿aʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“quatrième art” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La musique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quatrieme-art · quatrième art · French

quatrième art · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for quatrième art
PropertyValue
Headwordquatrième art
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.tʁi.jɛ.m‿aʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « quatrième art » en français

quatrième artreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quatrième art is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.tʁi.jɛ.m‿aʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for quatrième art, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is quatrième art, spelled Q-U-A-T-R-I-È-M-E- -A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    La musique.
  2. 2
    Le théâtre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how quatrième art appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans cette version, c’est le potentiel dionysiaque du quatrième art qui se trouve mobilisé. Le théâtre-dialogue gage sur l’écoute attentive […]

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quatrième art"?
"quatrième art" is spelled Q-U-A-T-R-I-È-M-E- -A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.tʁi.jɛ.m‿aʁ\.
What does "quatrième art" mean?
As a noun, "quatrième art" means: La musique.
How do you pronounce "quatrième art"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quatrième art" is \ka.tʁi.jɛ.m‿aʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list