Meanings
plural objets d'art
- A work of art with some artistic merit.
Synonyms: 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.
1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 16
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA work of art with some artistic merit.
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Origin
- Frenchobjet“object”
- Englishobjet d'art
Borrowed from French objet (“object”) and d'art (“of art”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch kunstwerk, kunstvoorwerp
- kunstwerkwork of art
- kunstvoorwerpwork of art
Finnish taide-esine, taide-esine
- taide-esinework of art
- taide-esineartwork exhibited
French objet d'art
- objet d'artwork of art
German Kunstobjekt
- Kunstobjektwork of art
Irish séad
- séadwork of art
Italian oggettino
- oggettinowork of art
Japanese オブジェ
- オブジェ (obuje)artwork exhibited
Polish dzieło sztuki, dzieło sztuki
- dzieło sztukiwork of art
- dzieło sztukiartwork exhibited
Russian произведе́ние иску́сства, арт-объе́кт
- произведе́ние иску́сства (proizvedénije iskússtva)work of art
- арт-объе́кт (art-obʺjékt)work of art
Spanish objet d'art
- objet d'artwork of art
Cite this entry
objet d'art. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objet%20d'art
“objet d'art.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objet%20d'art. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “objet d'art,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objet%20d'art.
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