artistic

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ UK /ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #7269

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to art or artists.

The city has a rich artistic tradition.
2

adj
Having or showing skill and imagination in creating things.

She comes from a very artistic family.
3

adj
Beautiful and pleasing to look at.

The cake was decorated in an artistic way.

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Synonyms

2 adj · having or showing skill and... creative

3 adj · beautiful and pleasing to... aesthetic

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Word family

Derived forms antiartisticartisticnessartlangheartisticinterartisticmusicoartisticnonartisticpreartisticunartistic

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Etymology

Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

*h₂er- Proto-Indo-European artistique French

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# artistic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 7269

## Meanings
1. Relating to art or artists.
2. Having or showing skill and imagination in creating things.
3. Beautiful and pleasing to look at.

## Examples
- The city has a rich artistic tradition.
- She comes from a very artistic family.
- The cake was decorated in an artistic way.

## Synonyms
- artist

## Derived Forms
- antiartistic
- artisticness
- artlang
- heartistic
- interartistic
- musicoartistic
- nonartistic
- preartistic
- unartistic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂er-
- Root: artistique

## Etymology
Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

## AI Etymology
Artistic is borrowed from French artistique, from artiste plus -ique. By surface analysis, artist plus -ic. The historical chain also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as an adjective, artistic denotes relating to art or artists, having or showing skill and imagination in creating things, and beautiful and pleasing to look at. The same word family continues in derived forms such as antiartistic, artisticness, artlang, and heartistic.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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