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art·y

(är′tē)

adj. art·i·er, art·i·est Informal

1. Of or relating to artists or the fine arts.

2. Showily or affectedly artistic.

art′i·ly adv.

art′i·ness n.

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arty

(ˈɑːtɪ) or

artsy

adj, artier or artiest

informal having an ostentatious or affected interest in or desire to imitate artists or artistic standards

ˈartiness ˈartsiness n

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art•y

(ˈɑr ti)

also artsy

adj. art•i•er, art•i•est.

characterized by a pretentious display of artistic interest or style.

[1900–05]

art′i•ness, n.

Arty.

Artillery.

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Adj.

arty - showily imitative of art or artists

pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

arty

(Informal)

adjective artistic, arty-farty (informal), arty-crafty (informal) an arty French film

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arty

adjective

Informal. Pretentiously artistic:

Informal: artsy-craftsy.

Translations

affig

pseudoartistico

arty

[ˈɑːtɪ] ADJ [style] → con pretensiones artísticas, seudoartístico; [clothing] → afectado, extravagante; [person] → de gusto muy afectado, que se las da de muy artista
she looks arty; she is arty-looking → tiene pinta de cultureta

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

arty

[ˈɑː^rti] adj (= artsy) [person] → qui se donne le genre artiste; [film, photograph] → de style artiste prétentieux
Didn't you find her a little bit too arty? → Tu n'as pas trouvé qu'elle se donne un peu trop le genre artiste?
an arty French film → un film français de style artiste prétentieux

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arty

adj (+er) (inf) → Künstler-; type also, tie, clothes → verrückt (inf); person → auf Künstler machend (pej); decoration, style → auf Kunst gemacht (inf); film, novel → geschmäcklerisch; he was more of an arty type than his brother → er war mehr ein Künstlertyp als sein Bruder; she’s in publishing/the theatre — oh yes, I knew it was something arty → sie arbeitet im Verlag/Theater — ach ja, ich wusste doch, dass es etwas Künstlerisches war

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

arty

[ˈɑːtɪ] adj arty types → pseudo artisti mpl

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