troisième art

\tʁwa.zjɛ.m‿aʁ\

/\tʁwa.zjɛ.m‿aʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“troisième 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) - Peinture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-troisieme-art · troisième art · French

troisième 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 "T" 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 troisième art
PropertyValue
Headwordtroisième art
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁwa.zjɛ.m‿aʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « troisième art » en français

troisième artsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

troisième art is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁwa.zjɛ.m‿aʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peinture.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for troisième art, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 troisième art, spelled T-R-O-I-S-I-È-M-E- -A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peinture.

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 "troisième art"?
"troisième art" is spelled T-R-O-I-S-I-È-M-E- -A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁwa.zjɛ.m‿aʁ\.
What does "troisième art" mean?
As a noun, "troisième art" means: Peinture.
How do you pronounce "troisième art"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "troisième art" is \tʁwa.zjɛ.m‿aʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "troisième art" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list