objet d'art

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objet d'art

/ˌɒbʒeɪ ˈdɑː(ɹ)/

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Borrowed from French objet (“object”) and d'art (“of art”).

noun objets d'art

A work of art with some artistic merit.
Similar: art object
An artwork exhibited for the purposes of decoration or the reflection of social status. They have one of the largest collections of miniature furniture in the city (perhaps the largest), cases of object d'art ^([sic]), and, most importantly, a mountain of imported cards for those most special on your mailing list.

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noun work of art

Español	objet d'art
Français	objet d'art
Deutsch	Kunstobjekt
Italiano	oggettino
Русский	произведе́ние иску́сства proizvedénije iskússtva, арт-объе́кт art-obʺjékt

noun artwork exhibited

日本語	オブジェ obuje

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@misc{objet_d_art_2026,
  title = {objet d'art},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/objet%20d'art},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}