beaux-arts

== English == === Alternative forms === beaux arts === Etymology === Borrowed from French beaux-arts. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /boʊˈzɑɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəʊˈzɑː/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) === Noun === beaux-arts pl (plural only) The fine arts, especially in reference to the widely imitated conventional type of art and architecture advocated at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. == French == === Alternative forms === beaux arts === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bo.z‿aʁ/ === Noun === beaux-arts m pl (plural only) the fine arts === Further reading === “beaux-arts”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012