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art nouveau

Portuguese, noun/ˈaʁ nuˈvo/

art nouveau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “art nouveau (a style of art and architecture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does art nouveau mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineart nouveau (a style of art and architecture)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. estilo artístico presente na arquitetura, em ilustrações, joalherias etc. caracterizado por formas sinuosas e frequentemente assimétricas inspiradas por elementos da natureza tais como flores, popular entre os anos de 1890 e 1910

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce art nouveau?

  • Brazil /ˈaʁ nuˈvo/
  • Brazil [ˈah nuˈvo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.